Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every working adult in Britain will be required to have a new government-issued digital identity card as part of a fresh attempt ...

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, ...

Nearly three million people have signed an online petition calling for the UK Government to immediately halt plans for digital ID cards. The creator of the petition, Maxim Sutcliff, contends that the ...

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, ...

In September 2025, the UK government announced a plan to introduce a mandatory digital ID for citizens and legal residents. The digital ID would be required for Right to Work checks (i.e. employers ...