Sir Keir Starmer has insisted digital IDs will help stop people working illegally and deter migrants from coming to the UK. The Prime Minister announced on Friday that the Government would introduce a ...

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The U.K.’s right and left-wing parties have reached an uncommon consensus: they oppose British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s latest attempt to curb illegal immigration through mandatory digital ID ...

ID cards have always been viewed with suspicion in the UK. For some people they can conjure up images of authoritarian states like Germany in the 1930s, and men in jackboots barking "May we see your ...

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted digital IDs will help stop people working illegally and deter migrants from coming to the UK. The Prime Minister announced on Friday that the Government would introduce a ...

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 contentious idea in ...

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 ...

One of the U.K.'s biggest political problems comes in a small size. The size of a small boat, in fact. Successive governments have promised to put a stop to migrants crossing in dinghies from France ...

The government said the new system would help to curb illegal migration, but opponents said it would infringe on citizens’ privacy. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from London The British government on ...