Voters to be forced to bring ID to polling stations

Voters will have to bring identification to polling stations for the first time next year, as part of a crackdown on electoral fraud. Sky News understands a series of pilots will be set up in which voters will have to produce a document such as a driving licence, passport or utility bill to prove their identity. Ministers have decided to adopt a series of recommendations contained in a hard-hitting report by former cabinet minister Sir Eric Pickles, who said he feared abuse of Britain's electora