Areas of Wales most strongly opposed to new digital ID cards scheme

MORE than 140,000 people in Wales have signed a petition opposing the introduction of digital ID cards in the UK.

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It follows plans announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to make them mandatory for people working in the UK by 2029.

Welsh opposition is being led by people in the Alyn and Deeside constituency. Here, 5,661 signatures have been added to a petition which described a national ID system as a “step towards mass surveillance and digital control”

Anglesey, the country’s smallest electorate, has provided the fewest signatures.

Given the number of signatories from North Wales, Sam Rowlands, the region’s Senedd Member at the Welsh Parliament, has called on the Welsh Government to issue a statement on its “devolved competencies” in terms of ID cards.