Profile: Charles Clarke (replacement for David Blunkett)

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Mr Clarke's move to the home office sees him in charge of the government's top priority - security.

And he has already indicated that he intends to carry on with Mr Blunkett's policies on national ID cards and his uncompromising stance on asylum and immigration, saying: "There will be continuity between David's approach and mine."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4100037.stm

New Home Secretary Charles Clarke has vowed to plough on with plans for ID cards

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4100629.stm