Starmer eyes expansion of digital ID system to manage public services

Digital ID used for tax under Starmer plot to expand technology

Starmer eyes expansion of digital ID system to manage public services

The Prime Minister is on a trade mission to Mumbai.

Keir Starmer want to expand Digital ID scheme into other areas outside of work as PM thinks Britain could 'gain significant advantage'

Sir Keir Starmer believes that Britain could "gain a significant advantage" by expanding the government’s recently announced Digital ID from just covering right to work to other areas

Britain should embrace voluntary ID cards, Keir Starmer suggests

Prime minister to hold meetings on the use of digital ID cards on two-day trade trip to India, where they have already been adopted

Starmer seeks digital ID tips from India's controversial scheme

MUMBAI – Sir Keir Starmer has held talks with the boss of India’s controversial digital ID system as he insisted the UK could gain a “significant advantage” by rolling out the ID cards. The Prime Minister met Nandan Nilekani in Mumbai to hear how the country rolled out its own version of identification card to 1.4bn people in a bid to boost productivity. The Indian system, Aadhaar, developed by Nilekani, caused consternation when it was initiall…