Foreign nationals will be required to obtain national identity cards by providing their biometric details from this year, the Home Secretary has confirmed.

From next year the scheme will extend to British people working in high-risk areas such as airports, said Jacqui Smith, who is today unveiling the first details of the timetable for the identity card.

From 2010, students and young people will be encouraged to provide their details voluntarily, she told BBC Breakfast, and from 2011 onwards, anyone applying for a passport will be added to the national identity register.

“Increasingly, we need to be able to prove our identity in a whole range of ways: when we’re travelling, when we’re opening a bank account or accessing government services," said Ms Smith.

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And if you think your safe with a british passport after 2011 if you apply for a passport YOU too will be forced to get a ID CARD .

welcome to the new GESTAPO ...

Modern day aperthied passes.

There'll be a lot of opposition though, too much incompetence involving security and peoples data.

We should be petitioning against them although to be honest I think they'll bring them in sooner or later anyway, they've been itching for this type of social control for a while.

Dont worry this just the precursor to us carrying ID cards. They're just experimenting first to iron out any potential problems.

I see nothing wrong with that proposal.