"Papers Please" to get online? We say NO! @andyburnham @UKLabour Social media platforms already know an extraordinary amount about their users They can already use AI to infer whether someone is a child or teenager to a high degree of accuracy Before putting millions of adults through an ID checkpoint to access social media, the Government and the platforms should have to explain why the information they already have isn't enough - and how requiring every single user to prove their age using government-issued ID can possibly be: - Necessary - Proportionate - Or indeed safe in itself - given databases are compromised ALL THE TIME #dontidtheinternet

Billionaire-backed C40 Cities works through city mayors to advance far-reaching Net Zero policies - including measures designed to restrict private-car use. This allows policies never clearly put to voters in a national manifesto to spread from city to city, often without proper public debate or parliamentary scrutiny. Andy Burnham signed a major C40 transport declaration as Greater Manchester Mayor. His drive to transfer even more power to regional mayors should be examined in that context.

A digital driving licence on your phone is not the same thing as a compulsory national Digital ID However, the Government is connecting digital credentials, the GOV UK Wallet and the One Login app - and something much bigger is starting to take shape It's not just what each part does TODAY - it's what the combined system could become TOMORROW We must not let these systems evolve into Digital ID in all but name, through expansion, function creep or the loss of offline alternatives The surest way to stop One Login becoming the only way to interact with the state is to refuse to let it become the default Wherever a genuine alternative exists, use it - and demand that government protects that choice in law