The identity project: research status report

This report outlines the current state of the LSE's research into the UK Government's identity card proposals and provides an assessment of developments since the publication of our first report in June 2005. The first section of this document outlines developments since our first report. The second assesses planning dynamics and contradictions in the government's case. The third discusses questions about the scheme that remain unanswered. The fourth recommends some ways forward.