The first ID card I ever had was the flimsy piece of laminated paper that made up my driver’s license. In the US, a driver’s license includes a photo, biometric information (eye colour, height, etc.) ...

Keir Starmer has hinted that the government is looking into using the digital ID card system to tackle issues like benefits fraud. The prime minister announced last month that digital IDs would be ...

The DMV is rolling out a new California driver's license and ID card featuring a revamped design and security features. The gold miner on the current cards has been replaced with images of ...

Mandatory digital IDs may be coming to the UK, but non-mandatory ones have been in some European countries for decades. The United Kingdom last week announced a mandatory digital ID system, dubbed the ...

LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week announced plans to require workers to hold a compulsory digital identity card to tackle illegal immigration. The plan has ...

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Keir Starmer, has announced that new digital identification cards will brought in to try to help tackle immigration issues in the country, mainly by ...

More than 2.4 million people have signed an online petition “demanding that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing digital ID cards”. Petition creator Maxim Sutcliff argues that ...

Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled plans to roll out digital ID cards as a mandatory requirement to work in the UK. The Prime Minister hailed it as a tool that would help curb illegal migration, but the ...

09:24, Sat, Sep 27, 2025 Updated: 09:25, Sat, Sep 27, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has been warned his controversial digital ID plans could see elderly people shut out of key services. More than two million ...

A petition demanding the government does not introduce compulsory digital ID cards has passed 1.5 million online signatures. The petition on the UK government website, which was originally started in ...

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