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 ...

Bangor University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. 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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer listens during a pannel discussion at the Progress Global Action Summit, in London, Friday, ...

Driver’s licenses and military veteran cards will be the first documents available on the GOV.UK Wallet service launching this year. Driver’s licenses and military veteran cards will be the first ...

Former Home Office Sec. David Blunkett says the UK should scrap the plans for a mandatory ID card and instead use electronic passports, according to a BBC news report. Blunkett, who first came up with ...

The UK government has confirmed that digital identity cards will not be made compulsory for workers, marking a significant change to plans first outlined by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer last year.

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, ...

The UK Government's proposed digital identity verification system has been branded "a shambles". And a warning has been issued over "systemic glitches" on a current scheme threatening to lock ...