A bill to battle voter fraud will cost £120m over the next 10 years, according to Government documents - despite only four cases in the last decadeTory plan to force voters to show ID passes first hurdle - costing '£30m per conviction'Tory plans to force millions of voters to show ID at the polling booth have passed their first Commons hurdle. MPs threw their weight behind the new Elections Bill, which includes the controversial plan for mandatory voter ID which Labour has warned could lock millions of voters out of the democratic process. Government documents show the plan to battle voter fraud will cost £120m over the next decade - despite only four cases in the last 10 years, working out at £30m per conviction. Tory former cabinet minister David Davis branded the introduction of voter ID laws an "illiberal" solution in search of a "non-existent problem". More than 292,000 people signed a petition opposing plans for mandatory voter ID, which was delivered to Downing Street on Tuesday.

Source: Daily Mirror September 07, 2021 18:33 UTC