"Staff will be trained to the highest standards on the appropriate use of any new powers, and we will introduce new oversight and reporting mechanisms"
bwahaha. This joke gets better every time they tell it.
What the convenience of the “cashless society” is doing to the “unbanked” should matter more to social libertarians than it seems to.
Govtech and adtech both eventually granting themselves "perfect information" on a digitized citizenry in the name of safety and profit are both trending to inevitable given today's systemic incentives.