Digital ID statement issued as Labour respond to petition signed by 2 million

The Government has issued a statement on the proposed introduction of Digital ID cards, following a petition calling for them ...

‘Brit Card’ label hasn’t helped us sell digital ID plan in NI, admits minister

The minister tasked with overseeing the introduction of the Government’s new ID system has visited Northern Ireland in an attempt to dispel some of the myths around the new scheme.
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We’ve beaten ID cards before. But now the stakes are even higher

Global Justice Now’s activism manager Guy Taylor takes a personal look at the the prime minister’s ID card proposal and its links to the US-UK tech deal. July 7 2024: […] ...

Tech firm founded by Tony Blair's son Euan pressured BBC to pull HIGNFY episode after host Victoria Coren Mitchell wrongly linked him to Labour's ID card scheme

Ms Coren Mitchell had made a Labour cronyism claim about Sir Keir handing a mega-contract to Multiverse, an AI company run by ...

UK government responds to calls for Digital ID cards to be scrapped after 2.8 million sign petition

A petition calling a national ID system "a step towards mass surveillance and digital control" has gained over two million ...