Digital ID proposals have resulted in widespread debate between members of the Labour government, other parties, backbench MPs and constituents protesting the scheme. Now, Starmer finds himself forced ...

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Keir Starmer was mauled over the shambolic ID cards U-turn today as Labour MPs warned they cannot defend government policies. During brutal PMQs clashes, Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir of 'waffling' ...

Scotland’s First Minister has welcomed the UK Government’s U-turn on its “foolhardy” digital ID plans. On Tuesday, Government officials insisted the plans were always to be optional despite Prime ...

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Workers will be able to use other identification for right to work, meaning digital form not mandatory Ministers have rolled back plans for a central element of the proposed digital ID plans, leaving ...

Keir Starmer has ditched plans to force all workers to have digital ID cards in his 13th U-turn since becoming prime minister. In a major humiliation for the PM, the Cabinet Office confirmed that the ...

Sir Keir Starmer told a conference in London last year that digital ID would be mandatory to prove someone had the right to work in the UK (Stefan Rousseau/PA) The Government has appeared to row back ...

The Government has appeared to row back on its flagship policy of mandatory digital ID, suggesting it will no longer be required to prove someone has the right to work in the UK. Announcing the policy ...

Driving a prototype for next year's VW ID. Polo makes this reviewer declare that the brand has returned to its roots. The ID. Polo looks like a regular Polo, going away from the unusual design of ...