Labour councillors in Newport have fought back against Tory claims the UK Government’s digital ID proposals could have “adverse” impacts on the nation.

Two Conservatives had called for the city council to formally oppose the proposed introduction of a digital ID system that Prime Minister Keir Starmer claims will tackle illegal working.

Cllrs Ray Mogford and Will Routley, in their motion, said the policy would have the “adverse potential” to “risk criminalising millions of people” for not signing up, cost £4.6 billion, and raise “significant privacy and civil liberties concerns”.

Cllr Ray Mogford. Credit: Cllr Ray Mogford

At a full council meeting, on Tuesday, Labour members railed against those claims as “misinformation” they alleged was out-of-date or misrepresented the UK Government’s proposals, which are in the early stages.

The council leader, Cllr Dimitri Batrouni, said the claims around digital ID made........

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