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Steve Ranger
"ID cards may not last as long as expected and the government may struggle to find enough data centre space to host the IT systems of the controversial programme. The government has published parts of a review of the programme by consultant KPMG, which said the costings produced by the Home Office are 'robust and appropriate' for the current stage of development.
But the consultants also said the evidence from suppliers that the contactless smart cards would last 10 years - as the government hopes - is inconclusive and warned 'the durability of the cards over the 10 year period is questionable'."
