Cornwall's MPs Clash over Mandatory Digital ID Cards Plan

Cornwall's MPs clash over mandatory digital ID cards plan

'Having spent time in a country where a digital ID system works well and is widely accepted, I am very supportive and not cynical about it'

Starmer rolls out 'Brit cards' in a new U-turn to a failed Blair-era policy

This morning, 26 September, PM Keir Starmer announced the new, but long-threatened, ‘Brit cards’. This is a compulsory digital ID card that will be necessary in order to work in the UK or rent a home. The government claims that this is a measure against illegal immigration, tying it to rhetoric around the ‘small boats crisis’. This led us in the Canary newsroom to speculate as to whether Starmer genuinely has a big red button labelled ‘digital I…

Keir Starmer’s ‘Brit Card’ described as 'dangerous' for trans rights by ‘gravely concerned' campaigners

Charity Not A Phase and Trans Legal Clinic founder Olivia Campbell-Cavendish LLB speak to Attitude following the government's announcement.

Keir Starmer confirms plans for compulsory 'Brit Card' ID scheme amid backlash

KEIR Starmer has confirmed the UK Government will bring in compulsory digital identity cards in a move which will ignite a major debate on civil liberties.

Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: Digital ID – Anti-trans campaigning groups have already been lobbying the government to create a list of Trans+ people

This weekend, in the humble seaside town of Margate where QueerAF is based, a UKIP rally will march along our seafront.And yes, you read that right - not Reform but UKIP, led by a woman who says Reform's ultra-right wing plans don't go far enough.Her march will be flanked on either side by two anti-fascist counter-protests along the route, demonstrating that the majority of Margate values the diversity and difference that are the bedrock of what…

Major new 'Brit Card' plan for UK unveiled by Sir Keir Starmer

The so-called Brit-Card would allow the verification of a citizen's right to live and work in the UK