REFUSE TO ACCEPT DIGITAL ID! Thousands say no to digital ID cards as they march through London as politicians queue up to criticize plan

Thousands of protesters have marched through central London to oppose the Government’s planned rollout of digital ID cards.

Under tight police conditions, demonstrators chanted and waved banners as they walked from Marble Arch to Whitehall this afternoon in protest at the scheme.

Sir Keir Starmer announced in September that a mandatory digital ID system would be introduced by 2029 for anyone wishing to work in the UK, as part of efforts to curb illegal migration.

Former Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen, who was expelled from the party in 2023 for comparing Covid vaccines to the Holocaust, led the march alongside protesters carrying an effigy of the Prime Minister.

An advert for the protest by organiser Mass Non-Compliance warned: ‘If you accept digital ID now, it may be the last real choice you ever make.’

The Metropolitan Police instructed demonstrators not to stray from the agreed route and to remain on the left-hand side of the road throughout.

The Government’s digital ID plans have drawn criticism across the political spectrum.