Starmer orders move towards digital ID system

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Downing Street is now considering in detail the “workability” of a unique digital identifier for all residents that could be used to check an individual’s right to live and work in Britain as well as provide access to welfare, healthcare or housing.

 

One senior minister said Starmer had ordered a “comprehensive and expansive look” at the role technology can play in government, including digital ID. “Keir is leading on it,” they said. “This is a serious piece of work. After a year in government, it is clear that technology is underpinning everything. Digital ID is foundational.

Cabinet ministers say Keir Starmer has become increasingly convinced of the need to harness the power of technology to drive Whitehall efficiency, bear down on fraud and transform the relationship between citizens and the state.

 

https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/this-is-serious-starmer-orders-move-towards-digital-id-system