Britain's Incoming PM Scraps National ID Scheme Before Taking Office
Andy Burnham's team told the BBC the digital ID system is dead, sending the money and staff toward cost-of-living relief instead.
- Burnham, sworn in Monday as Britain's seventh PM in a decade, ends Starmer's flagship ID plan.
- Starmer's outgoing government pitched the scheme to fight illegal-immigration hiring and ease access to services.
- Big Brother Watch's Jack Coulson: 'the British people were clear' on rejecting mandatory ID.
Why it matters: The state proposed a national ID system without a vote and abandoned it without one too.
Breitbart (reporting Andy Burnham's office statement to BBC) ↗ · Jul 19, 20267/19/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check