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Why digital IDs are back on the UK government’s agenda

The government says digital IDs will modernise services. Critics fear exclusion and creeping surveillance.

20.05.2026 10

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Mandatory digital ID cards abandoned: where did the government go wrong?

The other benefits of digital ID, beyond curbing illegal immigration, needed much more attention.

16.01.2026 20

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Digital ID cards: what are they and how will they help the UK deal with illegal immigration?

Anyone wanting to work in the UK will soon need a digital ID card. How will it work?

26.09.2025 10

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Blair’s ID cards failed in the 2000s - could Starmer’s version fare better?

Two decades after the last attempt collapsed, Keir Starmer has revived plans for a national ID card.

08.09.2025 20

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