Minister refuses to rule out Tony Blair's call for ID cards
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCabinet minister Jonathan Reynolds declined to rule out the introduction of digital ID cards after former premier Sir Tony Blair called for the documents.
The former prime minister said “we need a plan to control immigration” and “we should move as the world is moving to digital ID” to help keep track of who is in the country.
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, the Labour MP for Stalybridge and Hyde, told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips: “The new Home Secretary will be looking at all sources of advice when it comes to that. READ MORE: 'She's one of the most powerful women in the country, but on our council estate she's still Our Ange' “But I would just say we have backed the points-based immigration system, we made difficult decisions, particularly when we thought legal migration was too high and it has to come down.” Pressed again on ID cards he said: “Well look, my colleague Yvette Cooper and the rest of the home affairs team will be looking at all sorts of things.
I’m not going to pre-empt things they may or may not want to do." He said the UK should “explore” ways to improve trade relations with the European Union.
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