#DigitalID – Links to recent news stories. December 2025

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Wirral In It Together
LINKS TO RECENT NEWS STORIES ON; Data Centres, Digital ID, Battery Energy Storage Systems, Solar Farms, Wind Turbines, Facial Recognition
Denmark’s digital identity wallet AltID to provide ID, age verification, ZKPs
Can we trust that Digital ID will remain optional?
NSW prepares to introduce secure digital birth certificates
CDD Services seeks funding to pilot local digital ID with UK communities
A better register of digital identity and attribute services
Even the former head of MI6 says the digital ID scheme is a terrible idea
Afghanistan issues 10 million digital IDs
AI Civil Rights Act
No Mandatory Digital ID
Apple’s Digital Passport: Unlocking Convenience or Unleashing Surveillance?
Digital ID is the real challenge retailers face this Christmas | Viewpoint: Kate Rand
‘You can’t have announced this thing without having any idea of what it will cost?’ – MPs hold minister’s feet to the fire over digital ID plans
UK gov’t clarifies benefits from digital ID prioritized above particular form or issuer
Apple Wallet Digital ID Rollout Accelerates: Are We Ready for What’s Next?
UK’s new digital ID scheme
PM’s comments on digital ID ‘misleading’, solicitor says

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635638/Use-of-digital-ID-in-UK-achieves-statutory-status

https://thecritic.co.uk/the-rising-threat-of-digital-exclusion/

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/council-rows-over-whether-swindon-161400927.html

https://www.scworld.com/brief/industry-to-challenge-uks-costly-digital-id-scheme

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635513/Mandatory-digital-ID-paves-way-for-surveillance-and-exclusion-MPs-hear

https://clarewillsharrison.substack.com/p/the-hidden-risks-of-the-digital-identity?r=b9xiw&triedRedirect=true

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/12/01/starmers-digital-id-cards-are-the-last-thing-britain-needs/

https://www.pressreader.com/vietnam/vietnam-investment-review-9bbd/20251201/281608131737173

https://www.workersofengland.co.uk/news/the-case-against-mandatory-digital-id-pt-1?highlight=WyJkaWdpdGFsIiwiaWQiLCJkaWdpdGFsIGlkIl0=

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/uk-has-it-wrong-digital-id-heres-why

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/28/digital-id-cards-will-serve-as-fig-leaf-spare-blushes/

https://www.experian.co.uk/blogs/latest-thinking/fraud-prevention/preparing-for-digital-identity/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/cyprus-bolsters-digital-identity-system/ar-AA1QTexI

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-first-area-uk-say-10668395

https://www.gofundme.com/f/stop-mandatory-digital-id-defend-our-rights?lid=6c0qxnoldt47&viewupdates=1&

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/28/digital-id-cards-will-serve-as-fig-leaf-spare-blushes/

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/uk-has-it-wrong-digital-id-heres-why

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251124-uk-far-right-figures-stoke-digital-id-fears-with-unproven-claims

https://uk.pcmag.com/iphone-apps/161231/apples-new-digital-id-lets-you-use-your-passport-data-for-tsa-checks

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Travel/new-apple-digital-id-latest-apple-wallet-feature/story?id=127457867

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/apples-digital-id-explained-everything-to-know-about-digital-id-adding-your-passport-or-drivers-license-to-apple-wallet/articleshow/125288791.cms

https://www.theverge.com/news/819077/apple-digital-id-launch-tsa

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/11/12/apple-digital-id-tsa-domestic-travel-real-id/87235967007/

https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/25649926.wirral-lib-dems-raise-fears-governments-digital-id-plans/

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634626/Digital-ID-scheme-cash-will-come-from-existing-funds

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/11/23/759318/UK-digital-ID-protest

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/apple-introduces-digital-id-a-new-way-to-create-and-present-an-id-in-apple-wallet/

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25655355.uks-1-8-billion-digital-id-plan-unfunded-budget-watchdog-says/

https://www.bis.org/publ/work1306.htm

https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/5395425-china-accelerates-digital-transformation-of-industries-by-scaling-up-5g-ai-applications

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/digital_id_cost/

https://www.bis.org/publ/work1301.htm

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/apple-introduces-digital-id-a-new-way-to-create-and-present-an-id-in-apple-wallet/

https://theconversation.com/the-uk-has-praised-indias-digital-id-system-but-its-locked-millions-out-of-their-legitimate-benefits-268020

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/government-still-has-questions-answer-digital-ids

https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Computer-Weekly-Editors-Blog/Digital-ID-providers-are-placated-again-as-anticipation-builds-towards-government-consultation

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/210780/mps-will-debate-a-petition-relating-to-digital-id/

https://www.workersofengland.co.uk/news/digital-id-brit-card-implications-for-workers-pt-2

https://www.local.gov.uk/lga-libdem-group/motions/leicestershire-county-council-votes-overwhelmingly-against-governments

https://www.newsbiscuit.com/post/digital-id-or-trial-by-jury-you-can-t-have-both

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/digital-id-civil-liberties-debate-opinion-5HjdP6S_2/

https://www.neowin.net/news/digital-id-debate-privacy-group-warns-of-unprecedented-tracking-and-surveillance/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/08/british-state-personal-digital-id/

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/politics-news-latest-keir-starmer-labour-prime-minister-nigel-farage-reform-conservatives

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/09/uk_digital_id_costs/

https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/ministers-tour-country-engage-public-digital-id-policy

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/labour-minister-lashes-out-outright-36371261

The EFF Nails It: What’s Wrong With UK Digital ID

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/digital-id-keir-starmer-plans-branded-threat-civil-liberty-brutal-takedown

Following FOUR links; Email from the UK government to all 3 million who signed the Digital ID petition:

Watch the debate: https://www.youtube.com/live/dCGWpaAfJIw

Read the transcript: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-12-08/debates/9E01F17C-557A-4D02-8A93-B573721B8B20/a

Read the research: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10369/

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

Protestor booted out of digital ID debate shouting ‘the people will not comply’

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/furious-woman-kicked-parliament-debate-36370850

Digital ID debates begin – here’s everything you need to know

https://www.techmonitor.ai/comment-2/digital-id-cost-fraud-investment

https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/digital-id-implications/

Ministers set for digital ID roadshow in the coming weeks

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/digital-id-cards-hinds

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/eff-and-12-organizations-urge-uk-politicians-drop-digital-id-scheme-ahead

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/liberal-government-quietly-launches-new-gc-wallet-digital-id-app-amid-privacy-concerns/69751

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202512/advp-tony-blair-institute-debate-uk-digital-id-plans-biometric-update-podcast

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/12/14/760594/UK-digital-ID-cards-spark-controversy

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/12/14/760617/Thousands-march-against-controversial-Blair-era-UK-digital-ID-cards

https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/can-labour-persuade-public-to-support-digital-id

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20251229/281749865714422

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/digital-id-trump-diplomat-politics

The Global Push for Government Mandated Digital IDs And Why You Should Worry

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mp-urges-rethink-thousands-oppose-050000708.html

Identity politics: What do we know so far about government’s digital ID plans?
Cabinet Office refuses to say if leaked Digital ID job is real
UK Digital ID Consultation Appears Set To Slip Into 2026 As Cabinet Office Takes Lead

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2151719/labour-pensioners-digital-id

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15409993/Newborn-babies-given-Digital-ID-deeply-sinister-expansion-controversial-Labour-policy.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:0c8349e63094b:0-digital-id-cbdcs-risk-turning-us-into-surveillance-state-lawmaker-says/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15427319/Keir-Starmer-fresh-pressure-scrap-Digital-ID-scheme-poll.html

Grimsby and Cleethorpes MP raises concerns over digital ID scheme

https://www.propertyreporter.co.uk/entering-the-wallet-era-what-to-expect-for-digital-id-verification-in-2026.html

https://www.gofundme.com/f/stop-mandatory-digital-id-defend-our-rights?lid=lwlp5hn0n00i&
Romford MP Warns Government’s Digital ID “Could Control Your Life”

https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/01/04/cradle-to-grave-surveillance-uk-government-plan-digital-ids-for-newborns/

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/governments-new-digital-id-plan-for-social-media-users-will-be-illegal-claims-expert/a1207054095.html

https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/prosecutors-ready-charge-new-channel-crossing-offences

https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-newstalk-breakfast/reaction-to-the-governments-new-digital-id-plan-for-social-media

Are Newborns Next in Line for Britain’s Digital ID Push?

https://www.ft.com/content/36af3ccc-5ed6-4079-93ef-dc49f06dbe9e

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/uk-governments-digital-id-plan-is-a-huge-new-cyber-risk-say-tories-5465594

https://www.workersofengland.co.uk/news/how-to-fight-mandatory-digital-id

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15425855/government-secretly-advertises-deputy-director-role-digital-ID.html

https://www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/article/identity-crisis-heres-what-we-know-so-far-about-plans-for-a-new-and-controversial-national-digital-id-system

UK Government Signals New Digital ID Leadership as Josh Simons Emerges as Likely Lead

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/08/starmer-tells-ministers-make-cuts-fund-digital-id-scheme/

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637124/What-will-happen-with-Starmers-digital-ID-scheme-in-2026

https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/mps-join-the-battle-against-government-plans-to-introduce-digital-id-868394

https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/now-keir-starmer-wants-digital-id-cards-to-be-expanded-to-cover-britons-everyday-lives/ar-AA1O6H1s?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/keir-starmers-dystopian-digital-id-card-scheme-to-cost-18billion-over-next-three-years/ar-AA1RcLfS?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1

https://www.workersofengland.co.uk/news/risks-of-free-speech-and-digital-id

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/12/starmers-digital-id-dream-leaves-britain-dangerously-expose/

Josh Simons Tipped for Digital Reform Brief as UK Prepares National Digital ID Consultation

https://sociable.co/government-and-policy/digital-id-interoperable-access-life-services-world-bank/

https://www.workersofengland.co.uk/news/risks-of-free-speech-and-digital-id

The problem with digital-IDs

https://www.visahq.com/news/2026-01-15/gb/reeves-says-epassports-and-evisas-can-serve-as-digital-id-in-flexible-right-to-work-regime/

The Myth of the UK’s Axed Mandatory Digital ID Plans

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15474089/Billionaire-US-Labour-digital-ID-building-Oxfordshire-countryside.html

https://www.contractoruk.com/news/digital-id-wont-be-required-right-work-more-compulsion-looms

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/25776279.poll—support-u-turn-digital-id-plans/

Open infrastructure for interoperable digital identity is coming: Vidos ID Co-founder

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10467/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-wallet-brings-digital-id-support-to-uk-more-us-states/ar-AA1DRyni?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

https://www.verdict.co.uk/opinion-digital-id-will-change-how-business-is-done-in-2026-businesses-must-adapt-or-lose

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/23/slow_start_for_veterans_digital/

https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/driving-licence-changes-digital-id

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637088/UK-government-begins-trials-of-digital-driving-licence

UK Begins Trials of Digital Driving Licence in GOV.UK One Login App

https://uknip.co.uk/news/uk/breaking/the-growing-use-of-digital-identity-checks-across-uk-online-services

Alaska launches Thales-developed mobile app to house digital ID
UK advances digital wallet development after ID mandate scrap

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/digital_id_costs/

https://www.eurasiareview.com/26012026-government-controlled-digital-id-is-not-the-optional-convenience-it-is-being-sold-as-oped/

https://www.workersofengland.co.uk/news/digital-id-and-the-myth-of-voluntary

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/poll-of-the-day-should-labour-scrap-digital-ids-entirely-after-axing-mandatory-plan-for-workers/ar-AA1UbUXQ?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1
Google Wallet on Android Now Supports Digital ID Creation

https://www.scworld.com/brief/uk-digital-veterans-id-card-sees-low-adoption-government-pushes-digital-identity

https://archive.md/7vSqN (PAYWALL REMOVED …)

https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/public-opinion-on-digital-id-not-moved-since-move-to-make-it-optional

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