Darren Jones, chief sec to PM, announces citizens’ assembly to help design govt ID
Jones commends the work James Frith, his junior minister, is going to do on govt ID – “for which I shall take the credit, and for which he will take the blame if it goes wrong”
“I am almost speechless,” says Desmond Swayne, Con. “This House is the properly accountable people’s panel, not some collection of stooges and trusties selected by the minister”