In returning to the main topic of the news article, the prices seem to have gone up. To quote the bbc
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Originally Posted by BBC News Web Site - 25 May
It will cost an estimated £93 to produce a combined passport and identity card. But the fees people will have to pay have not yet been set. It currently costs £42 for a new passport.
Cards could be free for under 16-year-olds and retired people above the age of 75, while those on low incomes could pay reduced rates.
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There probably won’t be the introduction of national identity cards and the compulsion of them. With the opposition party opposing it* and the Liberal Democrats opposing it, as well as 19 Labour MP’s who opposed it last time. The government killed the debate last time and they will kill it again. I doubt anyone needs to worry...yet.
*Unless they see a clear reason to support them which is cost effective to the public.