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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The government has met with industry representatives to discuss the future of the digital identity market following backlash from the sector after concerns that the wallet would push private digital ...

Ministers and No.10 officials are to hold “digital ID engagement” meetings and working groups with backbenchers as the government tries to win round unhappy Labour MPs. One invitation, seen by ...

An ID card printing specialist has warned that companies are creating a surge of avoidable plastic waste each January by unnecessarily reprinting thousands of staff ID cards reported lost over the ...

Sir: All over the world, identity card plays an important role not only that but also serves as a means of identification. In most of the developed countries such as the United Kingdom(UK) and the ...