Before he walked into Number 10, Andy Burnham announced plans to scrap Keir Starmer’s controversial digital ID scheme as one of his first acts as Prime Minister. Many have applauded him – but their applause was misguided.
This isn’t a time to celebrate a perceived end to digital ID. There’s still a big fight ahead. Under this new agenda, the machinery keeps growing no matter who holds the keys. Burnham, Britain’s new keyholder, has spent two decades asking for exactly this machinery, and he now has it, Cam Wakefield explains.
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