Ensure Digital IDs, CBDCs, and Stablecoins Are Optional and Never Mandated

Background

Guarantee in law that Digital IDs, CBDCs, and stablecoins will never be mandatory. Citizens must retain the right to use cash, cards, and traditional IDs. Protect privacy and prevent surveillance or financial coercion through digital-only systems.

Additional details

I’m deeply concerned about the UK's move toward Digital IDs and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), and how these could threaten our privacy, freedom, and access to basic services. No one should be forced to use digital-only systems to prove who they are or to spend money. I believe we need strong legal protections to ensure cash, cards, and traditional IDs always remain available—and that no digital tool is ever imposed on the public.