UK passport images database could be used to catch shoplifters

Civil liberty campaigners warn Chris Philp's plans to integrate databases are an Orwellian nightmare'

Britain's passport database could be used to catch shoplifters, burglars and other criminals under urgent plans to curb crime, the policing minister has said.

Chris Philp said he plans to integrate data from the police national database (PND), the Passport Office and other national databases to help police find a match with the click of one button".