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Campaigners taste victory in 'backdoor ID cards' battle

Holyrood pledges to review entitlement cards and safeguard privacy EXCLUSIVE By Mark Howarth

CIVIL liberties campaigners have won a review of Scotland's controversial microchipped entitlement card scheme.

Ministers are to scrutinise the project amid fears that it is a "back door" to compulsory ID cards.