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Blair and Hague unite in push for new ‘digital IDs’

Every citizen should be issued with a “digital ID” as part of a “fundamental reshaping of the state around technology”, Sir Tony Blair and Lord Hague have urged. The former political rivals said the challenge of adapting to the new technological ...

22 Feb 2023 at 09:23

Government must be ‘reordered’ around AI, says Tony Blair

The Government must “reorder” itself around the AI revolution and get behind the introduction of digital ID, former prime minister Sir Tony Blair has said. The former Labour leader said digital identification should be deployed to help the UK ...

31 Jan 2025 at 18:10

Digital ID cards branded a ‘gimmick’ and ‘cynical ploy’ to fool voters

Digital ID cards are a “cynical ploy” designed to “fool” voters into thinking something is being done about immigration, Reform UK has claimed. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch also dismissed the plans as a “gimmick that will do nothing to stop the ...

26 Sept 2025 at 00:01

What we know about plans to introduce digital IDs

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed plans to introduce digital IDs by the end of this Parliament. Here is what we know so far: – Will they be compulsory? Digital IDs will become mandatory to prove the right to work, but people ...

26 Sept 2025 at 11:19

Digital ID could form ‘bedrock of modern state’, says senior Starmer aide

Labour intends a new digital ID to form “the bedrock of the modern state”, one of the Prime Minister’s senior aides has said. Sir Keir Starmer announced on Friday that the Government would introduce a new ID system by 2029 that would ...

26 Sept 2025 at 16:45

Swinney accused of ‘playing politics’ over UK Government’s digital ID plan

John Swinney has been accused of seeking to “play politics” over UK Government plans to create digital ID – with a member of Sir Keir Starmer’s Cabinet insisting it will not be called a “BritCard”. Scottish Secretary Douglas ...

26 Sept 2025 at 11:34

Parties across divide in Northern Ireland unite against digital ID cards

Parties across the usually sharp political divide in Northern Ireland have united to oppose digital ID cards. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced plans for the so-called “Brit-Card” to allow the verification of a ...

26 Sept 2025 at 14:55

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