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    1. Civil-Artist on

      Yeah whatever. These lot tell lies soon as their lips move.

    2. denyer-no1-fan on

      >Digital ID will become mandatory as a means of proving the right to work under new government plans.

      So it will be de facto mandatory for anyone aged between 18 and retirement age.

    3. InformationNew66 on

      Matches up with Tony Blair’s idea of “start narrow, then expand once people can’t resist anymore”.

      *”Tony Blair Institute (TBI) Report (September 2025): This influential paper, commissioned by Starmer’s team, pushes for a “universal digital-ID system” as a “personal digital public assistant.”* ***It proposes starting narrow (e.g., Home Office for work/rent)*** *but expanding to:*

      *- Healthcare: Integration with the NHS App for personalized prevention and record access.*

      *- Welfare/Benefits: Automatic eligibility checks (e.g., child benefits, council-tax reductions).*

      *- Government Services: Single touchpoint for tax records, driving licenses, pothole reporting, and even online voting.*

      *- Banking/Private Sector: Simplified fraud-proof verification for accounts or rentals.*

      *TBI envisions a “superapp” for proactive, AI-driven services, with a phased rollout across departments like HMRC, DWP, and local councils. Quote: “Digital ID should become each citizen’s personal digital public assistant – a front door to the delivery of a new model of public services that are personalised, easy to access and efficient.”*

      [https://institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/time-for-digital-id-a-new-consensus-for-a-state-that-works](https://institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/time-for-digital-id-a-new-consensus-for-a-state-that-works)

    4. denyer-no1-fan on

      >Digital ID will become mandatory as a means of proving the right to work under new government plans.

      All migrants in the UK already have evisas that landlords and employers legally have to check, for us this is simply a technical change as we migrate this evisa system to the digital ID system.

      The people who will be affected are British citizens, who are able to get by with just a driving licence and NI number. Making it mandatory will severely affect those who are not aware of the system or do not have the means to access the system. And if they want to make it accessible to all (with solid ID cards for example), they are opening themselves up to fraud the way driving licences already fact.

    5. grapplinggigahertz on

      So on one hand she says – “*it will “definitely not” be the case that elderly or retired people, for example, will need one to get an NHS appointment or pension entitlement.*”

      And on the other hand she says – “*If you think about the number of times… you have to dig out things like utility bills, national insurance numbers, passport details in order to be able to access services.*”

      “*I think it will enable people to travel much more seamlessly through their interaction with government. It will help us to cut down on bureaucracy.*”

      FFS, make up your mind whether it will be used to access government services or not.

    6. Underscore_Blues on

      That’s nice. This current Cabinet says that so therefore it could never happen. I’m so glad we can trust all politicians for evermore.

      Edit. Same argument can be said for the disappearance of cash over digital payments. The idea of a cashless society would have been unthinkable 40 years ago. Now, it’s a real possibility in the future.

    7. Sea-Caterpillar-255 on

      So as expected: yet another ID, but not actually useable for much, but it will be compulsory, but you don’t need it and it will stop immigrants doing things but won’t stop immigrants doing things.

      And people wonder why Starmers support is in a ditch…

    8. Personal_Lab_484 on

      Every time they start off with a limited idea and expand. Same thing with censorship and proscription. You get in with the thin end and expand over time

    9. >Digital ID cards ‘will not restrict use of public services,’

      … for now.

    10. LaCornucopia_ on

      Nandy always looks confused by her own words. I don’t think I could imagine a politician who inspires less confidence. 

    11. Seethrough-Smoke52 on

      So what are they for then? What’s the point in them?

    12. MrSierra125 on

      Can’t trust the Tory/Labour Party/reform party anymore. All they do is lie.

    13. wegonnaedit on

      This is an authoritarian regimes dream. And since there’s a real danger reform could win the next election it feels like labour are just getting the country ready for secret police to be asking to “see your papers”.

    14. Orangesteel on

      Honestly, some of the brain dead comments in the thread are disturbing. ID cards are fairly standard and help prevent benefit fraud, improve transparency (in Estonia you can view every time a police car scans your car, your health records etc and vote online), even better they cut down on fraud and waste. We have an archaic voting system, based on sports arenas counting paper slips, it’s incredibly expensive. I’m an Estonian digital citizen and the implementation there is incredible. Bear in mind, they implemented this at a point where they had little trust in governments post Soviet Union, the transparency it brings is an important part of the reasoning. From a privacy perspective, the government has all the data already, this is about waste and fraud. If you’re not claiming benefits when you shouldn’t and moan about public sector costs, this is really the sort of thing you’d want for the benefits it brings. https://nortal.com/insights/why-digital-sovereignty-matters-and-how-x-road-makes-it-happen https://e-estonia.com/solutions/interoperability-services/x-road/

    15. English_linguist on

      OH LOOK, it’s THE THING THE “WEIRDOS” SAID WAS GONNA HAPPEN IS HAPPENING.

      WHO COULD HAVE FORSEEN THIS.

    16. HalcyonRyan on

      For now… digital id wasn’t part of the manifesto. Fleetwood Mac had a song for this no?

    17. RehabilitatedLibtard on

      “For now”

      “Initially”

      “As of today”

      None of these lizard people can guarantee those systems will never, at any point in the future, and under any circumstances, forever, will be used to restrict use of public services.

      That is the bottom line.

    18. nacnud_uk on

      Wait a minute! A politician said something. Must be true. 100%. I’ve never known one to speak an un-truth.

    19. LudicrousPlatypus on

      Then what is the point of them? Starmer is saying that digital IDs are needed to restrict access of immigrants to public services. How can you tell if someone is eligible for public services without checking this ID?

    20. dX_iIi_Xb on

      Do I believe her? No. Do I trust whomever comes to power in later years not to abuse them even if she is telling the truth? Fuck no!

    21. DrIvoPingasnik on

      Haha nah, they lied so much and fucked us over too many times.

      I don’t believe anything our government tells us.

    22. takesthebiscuit on

      Why do virtually all the top level comments here have all their post and comment history hidden?

    23. beIIe-and-sebastian on

      Okay, so let’s assume Labour aren’t lying. What about the next government that Labour will then be handing over Digital ID cards and the database to?

    24. Porticulus on

      It won’t affect you… until it does. Just like face ID rolling out everywhere and the OSA censoring the internet.

    25. DouchetotheBag on

      Why do they just talk about what it won’t do, and the opportunities in vague terms.. sell the benefits.. honestly there hopeless

    26. GamerGuyAlly on

      I dont trust them.

      This will be abused.

      I dont see how they can enforce it if its not mandatory and i already work? Also, how can you mandate people use it? Are we now saying passports are not valid ID?

      Imagine the amount of fraud this is going to cause.

      A bunch of traitors the lot of them. Never ever will they see my vote again. Adding them to the shit list with the Tories.

      We desperately need an alternative to Reform or else we’re fucked.

    27. planetrebellion on

      The main issue comes from the creep of this and can you trust governments to not continually over reach

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