From the beginning, the Irish side had concerns that the ID cards could interfere with the rights offered by the 1998 Belfast ...

Irish officials privately believed British government plans to introduce national ID cards in 2005 could lead to ...

The national system is one of the most significant, and controversial, digital projects ever embarked upon by government.

Labour is exploring the idea of introducing digital ID cards in the UK as a means of cracking down on illegal immigration and welfare fraud. Two decades after Tony Blair first proposed the idea, ...

Concerns over data security have cast doubt on the UK's digital ID card plans, raising fears of a potential data breach ...

Nearly three million people have signed an online petition calling for the UK Government to immediately halt plans for digital ID cards. The creator of the petition, Maxim Sutcliff, contends that the ...

Keir Starmer’s announcement that the UK will introduce mandatory digital ID for all citizens has sparked furious debate about their use, effectiveness and threat to privacy. In making its case, the ...

The UK government's proposed digital ID system risks creating mass surveillance and excluding millions of digitally poor citizens unless it adopts a federated, privacy-preserving approach with proper ...

The government has met with industry representatives to discuss the future of the digital identity market following backlash from the sector after concerns that the wallet would push private digital ...

This isn’t correct. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology confirmed a digital ID will only be mandatory if people wish to work and therefore not everyone living in the UK will need to ...

Irish officials were worried that a 2005 plan by London to introduce national identity cards throughout the UK could undermine the position of Irish citizens. Secret files released as part of the ...