Controversial plans from the prime minister to deploy digital ID know-how to deal with unlawful immigration has prompted a backlash from Labour figures.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated on Thursday night: “Digital ID might be an enormous assist in tackling unlawful immigration. But it surely’s a lot greater than that. It’ll empower individuals each single day by supplying you with a brand new strategy to show who you’re.
“It’s time to put energy again in individuals’s palms and convey the UK into the fashionable age.”
The federal government’s digital ID plans have been closely criticised by MPs outdoors of Labour, together with figures from the Inexperienced Social gathering, Reform UK and independents together with former Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn.
There has additionally been a UK petition signed by roughly three million individuals opposing the introduction of digital ID.
The prime minister seems now to be dealing with a backlash from inside his personal occasion, with Richard Burgon, Labour MP for Leeds East, asserting by way of social media that he might be voting towards the introduction of Digital ID.
I might be voting towards this. https://t.co/U9ihUS4zRf
— Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) October 23, 2025
Analysis carried out by Checkout.com earlier this yr discovered that customers within the UK are among the many least trusting of digital ID options on this planet.
A survey from the agency discovered that simply 32% of Britons stated they trusted the observe.
