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UK gov pays public £550 to discuss Digital ID – then bans journalists from the room

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Nothing says 'We want honest opinions' like a 36,000-letter mailshot with no awkward questions allowed
Members of the UK government’s People’s Panel on Digital ID will spend two weekends in Birmingham and three evenings on Zoom discussing how Britain should build a national digital identity system, earning £550 plus expenses for their trouble.…

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