British Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week announced plans to require workers to hold a compulsory digital identity card to tackle illegal immigration.

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A petition calling for the Government not to introduce digital ID cards has received more than 1.5 million signatures. Sir Keir Starmer announced on Friday that the Government would introduce a new ID ...

A petition calling for the government to ditch plans for digital ID cards has received more than 1.5 million signatures. Sir Keir Starmer announced on Friday (September 27) he planned to introduce a ...

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Britain Global Action Summit Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer listens during a pannel discussion at the Progress Global Action Summit, in London, Friday, Sept ...

LONDON (AP) — British citizens and permanent residents will have to produce a mandatory digital identification card in order to get work, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Friday, reviving a ...

Keir Starmer has hinted that the government is looking into using the digital ID card system to tackle issues like benefits fraud. The prime minister announced last month that digital IDs would be ...

Sir Keir Starmer announced on Friday that the Government would introduce a new ID system by 2029 that would be mandatory for people working in the UK. The petition called on the Government to commit ...