The Tory law to force all voters to show ID at polling stations is set to go full steam ahead after a last-ditch Supreme Court challenge failed.
A campaigning pensioner today lost a Supreme Court fight against pilots of the controversial scheme in 10 areas of England.
Meanwhile the Elections Bill - which will widen the power to cover all of Great Britain - looks set to pass through the House of Lords within days, despite last-minute battles over a separate power in the same Bill that gives the government powers over the elections watchdog.