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Home Office officials have told senior telecommunications figures of proposals to use the Interception Modernisation Programme to retain raw data of every phonecall, email and internet visit, which would be transferred to a database controlled by the Government. The information would be used to fight terrorism and serious crime.

Further details of the database emerged at a meeting on Monday between Home Office officials and internet service providers including BT, AOL Europe, O2 and BSkyB.

A source close to the meeting said: "They said they only wanted to return to a position they were in before the emergence of internet communication, when they were able to monitor all correspondence with a police suspect. The difference is they will be in a much better position to spy on many more people on the basis of their internet behaviour."

Ministers say they do not intend to introduce equipment to check or hold the content of phonecalls or emails.

Meanwhile, plans to make British airport workers the first people to have biometric identity cards are expected to be scaled back following opposition. The roll-out will begin next October, later than thought, and will be limited to an 18-month trial at London City and Manchester airports.