Digital ID U-turn: No.10 must be bulk ordering motion sickness tablets

13 Jan 2026

EMBARGO: Immediate Release

Responding to reports that the Prime Minister has abandoned plans for mandatory digital ID, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office Spokesperson Lisa Smart MP said: 

"Number 10 must be bulk ordering motion sickness tablets at this rate to cope with all their U-turns.

"It was clear right from the start this was a proposal doomed to failure, that would have cost obscene amounts of taxpayers money to deliver absolutely nothing.

"The government now needs to confirm that the billions of pounds earmarked for their mandatory digital ID scheme will be spent on the NHS and frontline policing instead."

ENDS

Notes to Editor:
Reported: https://x.com/i/status/2011145312048451950

 


 

 

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