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The UK government’s digital ID project costing £1.8bn isn’t the real scandal

  • Alex Laurie--Techmonitor.ai
  • published date: 2025-12-11 09:00:00 UTC

The UK’s digital ID plan faces public scepticism, but with fraud rampant, the greater risk lies in delaying modernisation.

Digital national identification has long been a constant on the political agenda, but the trade-off for privacy has re-entered public debate. Two decades ago, former Prime Minister Tony Blair champio… [+3242 chars]