Friday, July 31, 2009

£10bn national ID card scheme vs. £65m cuts in higher education

Two very controversial topics met in the middle today, when one potentially pointless national identity card scheme which would cost the UK taxpayer between £10-20bn according to the London School of Economics , and a cut of £65m in higher education at university level would cut a further 1,500 full time lecturing and support staff. Even though the two stories are entirely unconnected, caused by decisions in two separate UK government departments, it has nonetheless sparked anger with union Continue reading ...