Campaigners have called No 10's plans a 'disproportionate sledgehammer solution'.
At a cost of up to £20million per election, this is a colossal waste of energy and resources at a time when we should be focusing on the UK’s recovery.
‘Research from 2019 estimated that 1.3 million people in the UK do not even have a bank account.That makes mandatory voter ID a barrier to many people exercising their right to vote. ‘If mandatory ID were to be rolled out nationally, it could result in tens of thousands of voters being denied a say every election.supports HTML5 video
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