Overview

• Palantir’s UK chief said the digital ID proposal was not presented to voters or included in Labour’s manifesto and therefore lacks democratic legitimacy.
• Louis Mosley also voiced personal concerns about abuse and increased data‑security risk, saying more digital systems expand the “surface area of risk.”
• Despite holding major UK contracts across the NHS, defence, policing and intelligence, Palantir ruled out participating in any digital ID work.
• The government published new details, saying employers would use the credential for right‑to‑work checks by the end of the Parliament and that police could not demand it.
• Ministers set out plans for a consultation in the coming weeks as a petition passed 2.76 million signatures and polling showed support falling since the Prime Minister’s announcement.