The United Kingdom has walked back plans to make its upcoming digital ID scheme a mandatory requirement for working adults.

The scheme once appeared inevitable, but that confidence has unraveled amid intense public backlash and troubling security ...

Mandatory digital ID cards were billed primarily as a tactic to stop illegal migration. They would make employing illegal ...

The digital identity sector has welcomed the UK government’s decision to backtrack on plans to make its national digital ID ...

The UK has abandoned plans for mandatory digital ID cards for workers, as the EU advances digital IDs and the digital euro, ...

The UK Government's digital ID plans raise critical questions about purpose and governance, according to an Oxford migration expert who warns that vulnerable populations are often used as testing ...

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 ...

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Everything we know as Labour announces another U-turn - The UK government has seemingly reversed its decision to implement ...