An email alert from the DSA:
Cancellation of identity cards: changes to ID requirements
The government has passed legislation cancelling identity cards for British citizens. From 21 January 2011, those identity cards that have already been issued will no longer be legal forms of identification.
This means you’ll no longer be able to use the identity card as a valid document to prove your identity for a practical driving test or for Driver CPC periodic training.
If you don’t have a photo card licence and counterpart to prove your identity but have an old-style paper one, you must bring this and a valid passport.
For more information about the cancellation of identity cards visit direct.gov.uk/identity.
This Mickey Mouse government has got a few people angry at its petty cancellation of the ID card scheme (i.e. just because it was a Labour idea). People paid money for the things, and they aren’t happy that they are not to be compensated for the loss of the privileges the ID card brought them.