On the cost of ID cards.
In Spain they cost 6.80 euros. A passport costs 16.95 euros, so why will a UK ID card cost so much more? And why do Brits living in Spain have to pay almost 200 euros to renew their passport ? (if one lives outside, UK passports must be renewed in the country where we are living)
On a general note about ID cards. Until April last year all non Spanish living in Span had to have a Residence Card now Europeans cannot get one; non European must have one. So now I should carry my original passport, not a copy, whilst my wife has a a handy credit card size ID card. Maybe the UK gov have realised that a passport being carried all the time will need replacing often and at 200€ a throw 'Its a nice little earner' so they have not made any protest about the change.
