Labour MPs Back Proposal for Universal Digital Identity Card

Labour considering 'Brit Card' ID plans, minister confirms

The Government is “absolutely” looking at the idea of digital ID cards, a Cabinet minister has said.

Universal digital 'BritCards' on an app could soon be used to prove who you are

A mockup of the identity card, proposed by a topThomas Krych/ZUMA Press Wire/Shu) You could soon need to show a card on an app to get a job or rent a house under a proposed universal digital identity scheme. A ‘BritCard’ would be a free, mandatory electronic credential stored on a person’s smartphone on the planned GOV.UK Wallet app. Employers, immigration, banks and landlords could use a verifier app to conduct checks. The card was proposed tod…

Labour MPs back proposal for universal digital identity card

Influential think-tank says new credential will strengthen enforcement of immigration rules and help tackle benefit fraud

Labour’s BritCard: UK Digital ID Plan for Migration Reform

Downing Street is looking at a possible overhaul of the UK’s way of framing migration and identity verification, as a part of a new proposal by Labour Together – the ‘BritCard’, an universal mandatory digital ID for all British adults. The BritCard, a proposed credential used on smartphones, would be linked to the gov.uk Wallet...

Government ‘absolutely’ looking at idea of 'Brit Card' digital ID

Environment Secretary Steve Reed making a statement to MPs in the House of Commons,. Photo House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire The Government is “absolutely” looking at the idea of digital ID cards, a Cabinet minister has said. Environment Secretary Steve Reed said that ministers “know we need to look at all the actions we can take” to reduce illegal migration. It comes amid reports Number 10 are looking at plans for a so-called “Brit Card”, …

Labour exploring plans for ‘Britcard’ digital ID to curb illegal migration

Labour is exploring a new national, universal digital ID card for every adult in the UK to tackle illegal migration. The ID is being tentatively branded as ‘Britcard’, and could be downloaded onto a smartphone in the shape of a “free verifier app”.  Plans for the digital ID were laid out in detail by the think tank Labour Together – the influential think tank that catapulted Starmer to the party leadership and was once run by his now-chief of st…