Briefings from Downing Street have coincided with the launch of a report from Starmerite think tank Labour Together which advocates for a “ digital ID card. ” They’re calling it the “ BritCard .” Sigh…

Defra secretary Steve Reed said this morning: “ It’s absolutely something that we are looking at, and that we should be looking at” while Downing Street says plans are being reviewed. Digital IDs are being marketed as a method to clamp down on illegal immigration and form forgery…

In news that will surprise no one the report’s author is Kirsty Innes, who previously worked at a senior level at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. As of very recently in fact – Innes only left in October 2023 after four years at the institute…

Innes – previously a Treasury civil servant

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