Anonymous23 days ago
The UK government has launched an eight-week public consultation on a voluntary digital identity app, seeking to transform how citizens access public services while trying to avoid the political pitfalls that doomed Labour's last ID card scheme under Tony Blair. With over 3 million petition signatures opposing the plan, a £1.8 billion price tag from the OBR, and civil liberties groups warning of surveillance creep, the consultation represents a critical test of whether the Starmer government can build public trust in a system that critics call "wholly unBritish."