Sign the petition: Don't force company directors into Digital ID

We call on the Government to immediately stop what amounts to a rollout of compulsory digital IDs for company directors. Company directors can ALREADY prove their identity without this. 

From November 2025, Companies House changes threaten to force company directors into a compulsory digital ID system, with up to 8m potentially affected.

The public has already shown enormous opposition to being forced into a compulsory government digital ID scheme - yet this would sneak in effectively the same thing for large numbers of people by the back door.

Worryingly, this is based on the Government’s troubled One Login system – already branded “Post Office Horizon all over again”. Security warnings have piled up, yet the Government is pressing ahead regardless. Over £300 million of taxpayers’ money has already been poured into this failing scheme. The state has a track record of failed ID projects, including Tony Blair's ID cards scrapped in 2010 at a cost of up to £20 billion.

This is completely wrong, creating new risks of breaches, identity theft, and government mission creep. Company directors – including countless small business owners who keep Britain working – already have safe, proven ways to prove identity. The current requirements are adequate and should be retained.