LONDON - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Friday that every worker in Britain will be required to have a digital ID card, a new tool to crack down on illegal migration amid a rising ...

The government has now shifted to a voluntary digital ID scheme which it says will allow people to access services more ...

THE controversial digital ID scheme won’t be mandatory, King Charles confirmed in the King’s Speech. The monarch, 77, delivered a speech to the State Opening of Parliament which ...

Parts of central London came to a standstill as thousands of people protested against plans for everyone in the UK to have a digital ID card. The Prime Minister said it could help cut illegral ...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to members of the media during a visit to a "family hub" at St. Mary's Church Hall in Goldington, Bedfordshire, north of London, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026.

The UK’s proposed mandatory digital ID scheme will not help reduce illegal migration or stop people working illegally, and could instead set up the infrastructure for exclusion and mass surveillance, ...

Digital ID will be rolled out across the UK as part of the government's attempts to tackle illegal working. But how will it work? Will everyone be legally required to have it? What if you don't have a ...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a visit of the Manufacturing Futures Lab at University College London in London, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP ...

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 now been abandoned. The proposed scheme, unveiled in September 2025, ...

Proposals for mandatory digital ID have gained traction with alarming speed, with Keir Starmer now confirming he is considering implementing a digital ID scheme as a supposed means of combating ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will try to relaunch his stuttering administration with a speech Friday announcing a plan for compulsory digital identity cards to help combat illegal migration, while ...