MADRID – Plans for a UK digital ID card have been met with pushback from civil rights groups in Britain, but the daily reality of these schemes is far from ominous. As a British national living in ...

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 ...

Public support for the introduction of digital IDs has collapsed just days after it was announced by Keir Starmer. The digital ID, dubbed the 'Brit card' by some, will provide proof of identity and ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Brits might feel like they need to carry some sort of ID with them everywhere they go these days. From driving licenses to supermarket loyalty cards, it seems we are constantly being inundated with ...

Next election will be ‘battle for soul of this country’ Starmer says as poll finds Farage on course for No 10 From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground ...

Unlike many Lib Dems I came to politics relatively late in life, but opposition to ID cards, along with the Iraq war, were absolutely key to my “Tony Blair made me a Liberal Democrat” political origin ...

Every working adult in Britain will require a Government-issued digital ID card under a 'dystopian' plan set to be announced by Sir Keir Starmer. The idea of a mandatory identification system has long ...

Plans are being made for the introduction of new digital ID cards that can be held on your phone. The Government hopes the proposed IDs will support efforts to reduce illegal immigration by curbing ...

The Government was tonight embroiled in a cronyism row as it emerged Tony Blair secretly lobbied for his billionaire backer who could make millions of pounds from Labour's controversial digital ID ...