With Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove expected to announce app-based "COVID status certificates", the UK's post-lockdown plan looks set to come under fierce attack.
Seventy-eight Members of Parliament and 11 lords – including former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, and Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey – are backing a campaign by Big Brother Watch, the civil liberties and privacy group.
They join other campaign groups, including Liberty, in backing the statement: "We oppose the divisive and discriminatory use of COVID status certification to deny individuals access to general services, businesses or jobs."
The official line from a government spokesperson is that it is "considering a range of evidence around COVID-status certification" and whether the approach "may have a role in opening up higher risk settings safely. The ..
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