2 July 2008

Plans to speed up travel between the UK and the US for trusted people who move regularly between the two countries were announced today by the Home Office. The new scheme would benefit trusted travellers who travel frequently between the UK and the USA, underlining the importance of speedy travel between the countries. The agreement sets out the shared determination to develop a swift channel across the two borders for trusted travellers, which uses fingerprint, iris or facial recognition technology to speed-up border controls while maintaining their security.