Minister dodges cost questions while promising smartphone-free access and 'robust' verification The UK government has ...

No 10 Downing Street scored a coup when it told the lobby that it was going to scrap the Government’s controversial digital ...

The British government has watered down plans for mandatory digital identification cards, a contentious idea it had touted as a way to help control immigration.It’s the latest policy U-turn by Prime ...

Mandatory digital ID cards were billed primarily as a tactic to stop illegal migration. They would make employing illegal ...

UK digital ID cards will be optional under Keir Starmer's revised plans, while employers must adopt mandatory digital right-to-work checks by 2029 nationwide UK.

The plan, announced by the prime minister in September, was intended to help crack down on the apparent ease with which migrants can work illegally in the UK.

Critics called plan "Orwellian nightmare" ...

Nearly three million people have signed an online petition calling for the UK Government to immediately halt plans for digital ID cards. The creator of the petition, Maxim Sutcliff, contends that the ...

Labour is exploring the idea of introducing digital ID cards in the UK as a means of cracking down on illegal immigration and welfare fraud. Two decades after Tony Blair first proposed the idea, ...

Keir Starmer’s announcement that the UK will introduce mandatory digital ID for all citizens has sparked furious debate about their use, effectiveness and threat to privacy. In making its case, the ...

A new digital ID system is coming to the UK, and is set to change how businesses verify identity and the right to work. Here’s what you should expect, and how to prepare. We are a team of writers, ...