Digital ID cards: What are they, and how will they help the UK deal with illegal immigration?

The UK's new digital ID card scheme, announced by Keir Starmer on September 26, has two big questions swirling around it. Is ...

Every UK adult will need new digital ID cards and here's when you'll need to show it

Keir Starmer is expected to confirm the move in a speech on Friday as he seeks to clamp down on those who 'slip into the ...

When will new UK digital ID card be introduced and how will it work?

Digital identity cards will be mandatory for every worker in the UK under new plans announced by the prime minister on Friday ...

First the U.K., Next the U.S.? Britain's Digital ID Plan Should Scare Americans.

The U.K. may be about to get even more dystopian. Prime Minister Keir Starmer proposed a plan last week that would require ...

When to expect to show your digital ID card under new Government rules

A first version of the GOV.UK app was made available to download on smartphones in June. In Autumn, a GOV.UK wallet, which in ...
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Keir Starmer's digital ID cards risk ‘nightmare' hack on 50million records, warn experts

The scheme requires all adults to hold free digital IDs, stored in a GOV.UK wallet app, which employers and landlords would ...
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Half a million signatures and counting: Here’s exactly why so many people are against digital ID

If you don’t like the sound of digital IDs, you’re not alone. A petition titled “Do not introduce digital ID cards” has ...
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One Login’s Gov.uk ID check apps downloaded over two million times

The Government Digital Service’s (GDS) One Login for Government programme is making headway, particularly with its mobile-first agenda as its ID-checking apps reach more than two million downloads. In ...
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Will mandatory government digital ID harm the UK’s private sector ID verification tool market?

Critics say the government's focus on mandatory right-to-work use cases smacks of political expediency and raises questions about whether the private sector has been adequately considered in the plan?

Starmer says people will not be able to work in UK without digital ID

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch calls the scheme a "desperate gimmick", while the Lib Dems fear it would force people to ...

Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce plans for a compulsory UK-wide digital ID scheme in a speech on Friday. The prime ...