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Starmer considering digital ID scheme to tackle illegal migration
The proposed BritCard aims to reduce illegal employment and migration with a digital ID supported by 57% of the public, though concerns about government execution remain.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the government is considering a digital ID scheme to tackle illegal immigration, leading ministers to push 'further and faster' on unlawful migration.
- The previous Labour government introduced ID cards before the scheme was scrapped in 2011 over privacy concerns, with around 15,000 cards in circulation and Sir Tony Blair, former Prime Minister, championing national ID cards.
- Supporters argue a BritCard linked to government records could tackle illegal work and landlords, Labour Together suggested this year a smartphone ID app, with costs between £140 million and £400 million.
- Fresh polling from Ipsos found 57% support national ID cards, yet 61% lack confidence in government implementation and over 14,000 signed a parliamentary petition opposing it.
- Facing growing calls to act on illegal employment, Sir Keir Starmer said, `We all carry a lot more digital ID now than we did twenty years ago, and I think that psychologically, it plays a different part`.
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