4 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer issues update on new digital ID cards after backlash

Protests against the proposed scheme took place in London last weekend

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22 h. ago Keir Starmer pushes ahead with unpopular digital ID plans as he lists benefits

PM Keir Starmer has vowed to push ahead with controversial digital ID plans despite their unpopularity with the public - as he said there were benefits to be had for people

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22 h. ago Digital ID will ‘cut the faff’, Starmer says in bid to reverse public scepticism

Support for the scheme has plummeted since the Prime Minister announced it last month.

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23 h. 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

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59 h. ago Mum told she was just suffering from anxiety knew it was something else... she was right

After one terrifying test result, Heather was admitted to hospital immediately

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65 h. 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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4 d. ago Brigitte Bardot health update after the actress, 91, was admitted to hospital in Saint

Brigitte Bardot is now home from hospital and recovering after she was admitted for surgery just over three weeks ago. 

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7 d. ago UK's first 'Digital ID cards' to roll out today as backlash to Starmer's scheme grows

The launch of digital ID cards for veterans could serve as a "case study" for the rest of the UK, despite nearly three million people signing a petition against the mass rollout

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7 d. ago Nearly two million veterans to get digital ID cards access from TODAY

Keir Starmer last month unveiled plans to bring in mandatory digital ID cards to help tackle illegal migration but concerns have been raised over data protection and civil liberties

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1 week ago Covid experts list crucial ways to protect yourself as cases continue to rise

People being admitted to hospital with Covid increased by 60 per cent in England alone in just as one month and, as autumn bites, experts are concerned the rate will rise

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1 week ago Jeremy Clarkson rushed to hospital for urgent treatment just hours after criticising NHS

Clarkson's Farm star Jeremy Clarkson has admitted he was rushed to hospital to undergo a "painful" emergency treatment, just hours after blasting the NHS.

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2 w. ago Government defends expansion of digital ID plans to include children as young as 13

The comments were in response to a petition against the measures, signed by more than 2.8 million people

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2 w. ago Starmer calls for ‘national debate’ on digital ID in bid to expand technology

Sir Keir defended what he described as the scheme’s ‘huge benefits’ after polls suggested public support for the proposals had plummeted.

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2 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing star's twins in hospital dash as he admits 'it is so scary'

Strictly Come Dancing star Thomas Skinner has revealed that his twin daughters were rushed to hospital

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2 w. ago Now Keir Starmer wants digital ID cards to be expanded to cover Britons' everyday lives

The Prime Minister announced last month that a mandatory system would be introduced so people can prove they have the right to work here - in an attempt to curb illegal migration.

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2 w. ago Starmer eyes expansion of digital ID system to manage public services

The Prime Minister is on a trade mission to Mumbai.

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2 w. ago Britain should embrace voluntary ID cards, Keir Starmer suggests

Prime minister to hold meetings on the use of digital ID cards on two-day trade trip to India, where they have already been adopted

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer meets brains behind 'massive success' of India's digital ID

Keir Starmer is visiting Mumbai for talks with Indian PM Narendra Modi - and said the country had made a "massive success" of the scheme

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2 w. ago John Swinney’s reaction to dull digital cards is wilfully idiotic and hypocritical

THE response to Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for digital ID cards has been hysterical — though not in the funny sense. It may well be true that Labour’s policy is part of their panicked attempts to win back voters from Reform. But if you step back and look at what the plan actually is, the...

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2 w. ago Number of OAPs admitted to hospital for snorting cocaine soars... including pensioners in their 90s

Of 723 snorting seniors who sought medical treatment for using the Class A drug in the year to March, eight were aged above 90.

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