A load of ballots

Top Tory: Voter ID 'tries to fix a problém not really there'

- ASHLEY COWBURN

TURNOUT at next month's local elections risks being reduced by the introduction of mandatory voter ID, an exTory Cabinet minister warns.

David Davis said the controversial multi-million pound policy risks having a "more deleterious effect" on voting than the issue the new law is attempting to solve.

The senior Tory MP told the Mirror he would like to see ministers delay the antifraud policy and re-think, but admitted the Government was unlikely to do so at this "late stage".