Anonymous20 days ago
The UK government launched a public consultation on March 10, 2026 for a voluntary national digital identity system that would allow citizens to verify themselves across government services via a smartphone app — but the initiative arrives freighted with public distrust, after nearly 3 million people signed a parliamentary petition against the scheme and the government was forced to abandon its original mandatory design. With a projected cost of £1.8 billion, unresolved questions about a proposed universal unique identifier, and lessons from both successful and troubled digital ID systems abroad, the consultation represents one of the most consequential digital governance decisions in British history.