UK government rolls back key part of digital ID plans

UK government rolls back key part of digital ID plans

Workers will be able to use other identification for right to work, meaning digital form not mandatory Ministers have rolled back on a main element of the proposed digital ID plans, leaving open the possibility that people will be able to use other forms of identification to prove their right to work. This will mean that the IDs, announced to some controversy in September , will no longer be mandatory for working-age people, given that the only planned obligatory element was to prove the right to work in the UK. Continue reading...

West Midlands police commissioner criticises MPs for bias against chief constable

West Midlands police commissioner criticises MPs for bias against chief constable

Exclusive: Simon Foster is the man responsible for deciding if Craig Guildford should be fired over Maccabi Tel Aviv ban The man who will decide if the West Midlands chief constable, Craig Guildford, deserves to lose his job over the banning of Israeli fans from a football match, has attacked MPs for being biased against him. Simon Foster, the West Midland’s police and crime commissioner, criticised MPs on the home affairs committee for allegedly briefing journalists that Guildford should be ousted , despite the fact their inquiry into the controversy is still ongoing. Continue reading...