'People's Panel' to check if UK wants controversial Digital ID will cost £630K

The UK government will allocate about £630,000 to run a "People's Panel for Digital ID," recruiting 100–120 broadly representative adults via a random postcode lottery to debate and inform the design of a voluntary digital identity system; meetings facilitated by Ipsos and organized by the Sortition Foundation will run from May to June, with participants paid. The article focuses on the consultation process, governance and political reactions (including commentary on possible effects for museum entry policies), and does not provide technical or security-incident details.