32 h. ago Update issued by UK Government as 2.98 million fight plans for digital ID cards

Digital ID cards are set to be issued to all UK residents and legal residents - but a campaign is aiming to stop them going ahead

Politics

58 h. ago New update on calls to scrap UK Government plans for nationwide digital ID cards

Nearly three million people have signed an online petition calling on the UK Government not to introduce digital ID cards.

Politics

8 d. ago Government issues update on digital ID cards and people who may receive 'physical alternative'

Labour MP Josh Simons has said that the Government is looking at a "physical alternative" to digital ID cards

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2 w. ago Giant 36ft effigy of Keir Starmer wearing a 'farmer harmer' badge and a digital ID card tucked at his belt will be burnt at Bonfire Night event

Sir Keir Starmer has been depicted as Guy Fawkes wearing a Capotain hat with a digital ID tucked into his belt poking fun at the Prime Minister's mandatory digital ID scheme.

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2 w. ago There is a thriving shadow economy in Britain – but migrants are not to blame | Emily Kenway

While Labour is desperately trying to mimic Reform’s line on the cash economy, the blame lies solidly with ordinary people feeling the pinchAccording to politicians across all parties, something called the “hidden economy” – the shadowy nethers of the labour market, in which work goes unregulated and undeclared to the authorities – is a “menace”, full of migrants whose illegal working “undercuts British workers”, and even a threat to our national security. MPs have been so worried about asylum seekers delivering their Friday night pizza that they’ve spent parliamentary time discussing Deliveroo et al’s business models. In response, the government has repeatedly reassured us, in the somewhat Mills & Boon-style phrasing of Yvette Cooper, when she was home secretary, that it’s “surging enforcement” to tackle the problem.Solutions suggested include Keir Starmer’s digital ID cards, requirements for increased “right to work” checks, and new data-sharing agreements in which the Home Of...

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer's UK ID card system is 'a shambles – I know, I tried to get one'

EXCLUSIVE: A British man could be forced to resign from his own company thanks to a mess caused by the UK's current Digitial ID card system – with a mass rollout in the works

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3 w. ago Starmer’s digital ID plan could be jeopardised by Irish jobs agreement

Political parties in Northern Ireland have criticised the plan to introduce mandatory digital ID for workers

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3 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer issues update on new digital ID cards after backlash

Protests against the proposed scheme took place in London last weekend

Politics

3 w. ago Why I am calling out SNP hypocrisy over mandatory digital ID cards

The screeching hypocrisy from the SNP in recent weeks has been something to behold

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3 w. ago Starmer says you’ll never need a digital ID for hospital – but admits he has no idea how much scheme will cost

The prime minister reiterated on Thursday that digital IDs will only be mandatory when it comes to the right to work

Science

4 w. ago Starmer's digital ID cards won't work and will be costly, voters say

Focus groups carried out by pollster Lord Ashcroft found that voters of 'all political backgrounds' oppose the policy announced by the Prime Minister last month.

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