Do not introduce Digital ID cards

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194

Why? It works really well in my country. Really convenient for everything to have one official ID and cuts down fraud

I'm in favour of them 🤷‍♀️

Yup works really well in a number of countries. As a top immigration lawyer has said - he was all for them. You have to prove you can work and get things now with documents - why would this be any different. No issues at all.

Am LONGING for this! Should change so many things, and really reduce the size of the black economy

Digital id = digital slavery. Thanks for posting this petition

How?

The Government in this country cannot be trusted with our personal data. Listen to Sir Jake Berry.

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1205277858073558&id=100057740664523&http_ref=eyJ0cyI6MTc1ODg0MTk4OTAwMCwiciI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbVwvIn0%3D

How will this be funded ??

“There was a significant cyber-attack in May 2025 on the Ministry of Justice's Legal Aid Agency (LAA) systems, which resulted in a large-scale data breach affecting hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of legal aid applicants in England and Wales since 2010. The breach was discovered in April and May 2025, with the hackers claiming to have accessed over 2.1 million pieces of data, including personal and financial information. The LAA's online systems were taken offline for several days in May to contain the attack and conduct an investigation”

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-05-19/debates/C6B0C827-D166-4DF8-90AD-ECBDA4951D37/LegalAidAgencyCyber-SecurityIncident#:~:text=We%20also%20took%20some%20Legal,alert%20for%20any%20suspicious%20activity.

They already have all our personal data.

I’m in favour if it stops thousands of illegals working in the black market, not paying taxes etc.

Exactly. How is this different to passports, driving licences, information reported to HMRC by employers and financial institutions, NHS numbers, medical records, NI numbers etc?

What are you trying to hide?

This 👆

They already have all our data. This just brings it into one place. It's about time in my view.

What was the "good reason" why the UK national ID card pilot programme was scrapped in 2010? I had a family member who was part of that trial and thought it worked very well; her impression was that it was scrapped due to the government of the day bowing to unclearly articulated pressure from rightist/EUroskeptic element due to unrelated vulnerabilities (google 'David Blunkett'). If these had been in place from 2010 forward, a lot of the pro-Brexit talking points related to migrants would have been non-starters.

Having used similar ID cards when living in other European countries, I really wish the UK had them - although unfortunately it's impossible to recapture the advantages they would have given us while in the EU/EEA. I can see the issue with citizens being required to carry a card, but if these are optional then bring them on - better horrifically way too late than never!

in favour of this!

I’m in favour of ID cards, I have no idea why we don’t have them already. The government already has all of the data that would be on them (and more) about me, so I don’t get the “you can’t trust the government with your data” argument.

Apparently our lack of ID cards/ease of working in the black economy is one of the “pulls” for illegal migrants to come here, which I would have thought would make them popular.

It's about time this was introduced. I have no problems with having an ID card and really hope they get it through this time.
Most other countries have ID cards, so I can't see any reason as to why the UK don't.

This Government, Meta, X, His Magesty's Courts and Tribunal Service, Transport for London, the NHS, various online shops, Google, various credit check companies, my bank, Mumsnet, my utilities companies, my vet, several charities and galleries of note, Pizza Extpress and Green King (plus loads more people) have my data so this is just another thing in my eyes.

When I was 18 in 1996 before the internet properly blew up I might be more concerned but now I'm totally "meh" about it.

Hacking is something most online businesses and institutions should be on top of but whenever we sign up for something and input our bank details we are taking a chance, aren't we?

I'm very much in favour of this. It's long overdue and should have been done years ago.

Plenty of other countries have ID cards with no issues. Why not the ridiculously stubborn British?

I am British by the way. I've long thought it ridiculous that we don't have them. Passports and driving licences are not compulsory ID documents to have. Not everyone drives or travels abroad.

I knew a silly petition like this would appear. I won't be signing and I hope the politicians have the sense to ignore it.

Signed - along with nearly half a million other people.

At the moment there is an E-visa system that all foreign nationals have to comply with

https://www.gov.uk/evisa

Maybe people need to educate themselves. The employers who are employing illegal immigrants do not give one about the existing rules. Why is a digital card going to change that??

It will cost the government a lot of money to implement and police - and to what benefit?

Your data is already out there. It’s linked to your NI number, date of birth and addresses. Financial institutions and credit reference agencies already share info with the Govt as do local authorities. It can be pulled together if necessary.

There is a huge black economy in this country linked to organised crime. If you think it’s about civil liberties you are seriously deluded.

Digital ID has many advantages.

This isn't for the people who are eligible for evisas. But thanks for illustrating how such absolutely stupid petitions get so many signatures from people who read a buzzword and salivate like Pavlov's dogs.

What fraud does it cut down on?

Legal Migrants already have visas. Its just that those who want to employ illegal migrants dont bother to check.
What makes you think they are going to start now?
My concern is that these proposals talk about digital ID cards. Does this mean that everyone will be required to have a smart phone?
I know several elderly people, who just cannot use them! (for various reasons)