Keir Starmer has announced his party’s intention to roll out digital ID cards call the BritCard across the country in a bid to clamp down on rising illegal immigration. Once a passion project of the former Prime Minister Tony Blair, some see this as a smokescreen, others seen it as a disturbing breach of civil liberties. But supporters of the policy believe it can streamline ineffective services across the state departments. Natasha Feroze speaks to Peter Hitchens, a longstanding opponent of ID cards.
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