MP stresses that scheme won’t seek info Government doesn’t already hold

Ian Murray, Minister for Digital Government and Data

Ian Murray, Minister for Digital Government and Data

The minister tasked with overseeing the introduction of the Government’s new ID system has visited Northern Ireland in an attempt to dispel some of the myths around the new scheme.

Ian Murray MP, recently appointed by Sir Keir Starmer as Minister for Digital Government and Data, was briefing officials at Stormont and in the Republic on the Labour Party plan to introduce the digital ID.