Newcastle City Council supports Government’s Digital ID scheme and calls for further Digital Integration

Newcastle councillors have voted down a motion calling on the local authority to oppose the Government’s plan for mandatory digital ID. The controversial policy has been announced by Keir Starmer as part of a bid to tackle illegal immigration. The IDs will be compulsory for anyone wanting to work and will be app-based on smartphones. However, critics…

Your Party sets out constitution plans including new year leadership contest

Exclusive: Proposals will bring ‘democratic revolution’ and transform ‘post-Labour left’ into formal political force, say organisers Your Party, the leftwing movement steered by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, has set out draft constitution plans including a leadership contest in the new year and new governing structures, the Guardian has learned. Organisers say the proposals will bring…