People who are on the electoral register and who can provide a utility bill or any other correspondence confirming their address will be able to vote. People who want to vote will be eager to meet requirements. And they will have taken the couple of minutes required to get on the electoral register. Only lazy slobs and those who have no interest in voting will be missing.

Has the government listed what the accepted forms of ID will be?

As far as utility bills the poor are the most likely to not have utility bills in their own name. As they move more often and may live in someone else's household for example with family or friends or as a lodger.

As far as individual registry the poor are also the most likely to not have received the letter notifying them that they had to register again or they would be removed from the electoral roll. For the above reasons. Also they are the most likely to have poor English literacy or disabilities effecting the ability to communicate.

Then they can go to the council offices and register. Everyone has an NHS number which identifies them.

Frankly the tendency by some to portray "the poor" as a mass of ignorant helpless dimwits incapable of taking responsibility for themselves is insulting to them.

Everyone I know who doesn't have a passport or a driving licence as photo ID is over 70 and votes Tory...cut, face, spite, nose...arrange these words into a well known saying

But they have registered addresses obviously if they are voters don't they ? That means they are on the electoral register and will have council tax bills and the will have Benefits Agency ID card if they are claiming any form of benefit including state pension.?

Has the government said people can use a NHS number as proof of ID? Link please to this list of approved forms of ID that the government has said will be accepted at polling stations implementing theses "anti-fraud" messures.

Most people I suspect do not even know their NHS number.

Easily obtained. You must know a lot of ignorant know nothing people.

Different councils will trial different types of photo ID, including driving licences, passports or utility bills to prove addresses. BBC site

Yeah and a ton of them have registered addresses in care homes...and we know that there was significant under registration from these places when it moved to individual registration it just gets better and better

Benefit agency ID card?
My sibling is on welfare and has no such thing.

Nonsense. Representatives of political parties regularly visit care homes and assist people in registering.

Only card I ever owned when unemployed was the one you filled in as "proof" that you were seeking employment.

So you just made up that NHS number would be accepted, and in some pilot areas utility bills might not be accepted if they require photo ID.

Well everyone that I know has. Your sibling must have no end of correspondence with with BA that will have her personal details on it including NI and or NHS number and luckily she/he also has a brother who could help her/him getting the appropriate ID.

I know quite a lot of disabled people who live in care homes who have never had such a visit.

I made nothing up.

I think you're making this up as you go along. Almost entertaining.

It fits with the policy, announce there's a problem then supply the solution.

The it is your civic duty to make sure that they get them. Get on to their M.P. on their behalf.

This is what happens when the Con Central Command Random Policy Generator feels lonely

Looks that way.

Still waiting for evidence from "the defenders of democracy" of all this voter fraud at the polling booth.

The majority of voter fraud accusations are usually linked to postal votes.

A utility bill isn't a form of ID. All it proves is that someone else has access to their post.

A couple of benefit increasing notification letters at the start of each year is typically all they get. Can you provide a link to where they can get for free a passport? As they cannot drive and photo ID maybe required for them to vote.

I hope Tower Hamlets is going to be included in the trial, it's about time we had a fair election in this borough.

This of course benefits the Tories over Labour, their supporters tend to be wealthier and are therefore more likely to have some form of acceptable ID. If the Government wants to do this (and also if they want to require ID to use the NHS) then there needs to be a form of free ID given to those who cannot afford to pay for it.

Link then to the government stating people can use their NHS number as proof of ID to vote that will be accepted in the pilot areas?
Your link says different areas will accept different forms, does not mention NHS number and implies some areas will only accept photo ID.