It is the first document in the One Login smartphone app. This government service checks that someone’s photo ID is real, ...

New plans for a digital ID held on people's phones is set to be come mandatory for all UK citizens. Digital ID will become compulsory as a means of proving the right to work under the plans, but ...

These days, most smartphones are kitted out with facial recognition technology, multiple cameras and wireless charging systems. But back in the 90s we were much more easily impressed, with handsets ...

The government has announced plans to introduce a digital ID system across the UK, with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer saying it will ensure the country's "borders are more secure". The IDs will not ...

In principle, the current eVisas scheme and the new digital ID card would cut off access to legitimate work for those entering the country illegally – although groups such as Migrants’ Rights Network ...

These days, most smartphones are kitted out with facial recognition technology, multiple cameras and wireless charging systems. But back in the 90s we were much more easily impressed, with handsets ...

Digital ID will be rolled out across the UK as part of the government's attempts to tackle illegal working. But how will it work? Will everyone be legally required to have it? What if you don't have a ...

You won’t have to carry it – but new digital ID cards will be compulsory for anyone who wants to work in the UK, under new plans outlined by Sir Keir Starmer. The prime minister said every nation ...

ID cards have always been viewed with suspicion in the UK. For some people they can conjure up images of authoritarian states like Germany in the 1930s, and men in jackboots barking "May we see your ...

Cabinet office minister Pat McFadden has suggested a digital ID card for every Briton could help to combat illegal immigration and benefit fraud. The Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East said that ...

Almost 3 million have signed a petition to scrap digital ID, but ministers are pressing ahead with the plans, which could ...