Videos: UK Prime Minister's Digital ID Plan Sparks Major Backlash

Could this sink the PM? Fresh hell for Keir Starmer as backlash to digital ID passes grim new milestone

The backlash continues to grow over Sir Keir Starmer's plans to roll out digital IDs across the UK, with recent polling from More In Common saying 45 per cent oppose the Government's scheme

Videos: UK prime minister's digital ID plan sparks major backlash

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s plan to require digital identification cards for work authorization in the United Kingdom has been met with widespread backlash by both right-wing and left-wing leaders in the country. Last Friday, Starmer announced that the government of the United Kingdom would be implementing mandatory digital identification cards to address the problem of illegal immigrants slipping into the “shadow economy.” Starmer emp…

Public opposition to Starmer's U.K. Digital ID plan surges - Daily Telegraph NZ

Image – @Inevitablewest, X. Opposition to Keir Starmer’s proposed digital ID rollout has surged sharply, with new polling showing 45 percent of Britons now against the plan—up from 19 percent in June—while support has fallen to just 31 percent. More than 2.8 million people have signed a petition to scrap the scheme, which aims to introduce mandatory digital IDs by 2029 to tackle illegal migration and streamline government services. Pollster Geor…

Montgomeryshire MS calls digital ID plan a 'wrong step'

Montgomeryshire MS Russell George has raised strong objections to the UK Government’s proposal to introduce mandatory Digital ID cards—warning that the plan is an unnecessary intrusion into people’s lives, poses significant cyber risks, and will heap new costs on families and employers across the UK.