Instead, it would use 'biometric authentication' instead of recording information about users' sex or gender , but critics ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What was initially sold as a bold move to help stem the flow of illegal immigrants and change the UK’s approach to digital ID has ...

Keir Starmer’s plans for digital ID cards could go far beyond the original proposals - even making it easier to claim benefits and notifying people when to put their bins out. Labour on Tuesday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UK’s new digital ID card scheme, announced by Keir Starmer on September 26, has two big questions swirling around it. Is it a ...

After weeks of backlash, the Government has finally U-turned by watering down its plans for digital ID. Labour minister Heidi Alexander confirmed a digital ID or other digital documentation, such as a ...

Digital veteran cards launch today and will serve as a “case study” for the Government’s much-maligned mandatory digital IDs. Like the existing physical counterpart, the digital veteran card being ...

The PM insisted the controversial proposals will help cops flush out Channel migrants working illegally by checking their status more easily THE NATIONWIDE rollout of digital ID cards will face the ...

Keir Starmer is set to announce digital ID cards for all adults in the UK in a bid to tackle illegal migration. The PM is expected to confirm the move in a speech on Friday as he seeks to clamp down ...

09:24, Sat, Sep 27, 2025 Updated: 09:25, Sat, Sep 27, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has been warned his controversial digital ID plans could see elderly people shut out of key services. More than two million ...

Digital ID cards – or ‘Brit cards’ as Starmer calls them – are a Blair-era policy being recycled at the worst possible time, says James Ford It has been estimated that there are no fewer than 138 ...