Rejected petition: No to the “implementation” of Digital ID.
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The British public clearly expressed its opposition to a digital ID.
A remarkable 2,984,191 signatures demonstrated the consistent consensus of the public.
Despite this, on 13 May 2026 the government disregarded the people’s wishes and proceeded with the implementation of a digital ID.
The British public clearly expressed its opposition to a digital ID through a petition.
A remarkable 2,984,191 signatures demonstrated the consistent consensus of the public.
Despite this, on 13 May 2026 the government disregarded the people’s wishes and proceeded with the implementation of a digital ID.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
We have this petition (below) already open on the subject which you may wish to sign:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757131
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.