More opposition to ID cards as Lords consider them for the third time.
Liberal Democrat MPs have been joined by a number of Labour backbenchers and the Tories in a united attack on the ID card plans. The criticisms are on a number of different fronts including cost, civil liberties and likely effectiveness. The scheme has now run into what is likely to be its final battle - between the Lords and Commons - and it has all boiled down to the issues of compulsion and Labour's election manifesto.