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The UK is watering down plans for mandatory digital ID cards after a backlash
The British government has scaled back plans for mandatory digital ID cards, initially proposed as a way of helping control immigration More
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Britain is ‘stepping up on Arctic security’, Yvette Cooper says amid Trump Greenland threats
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Compulsory digital ID plan axed as Labour performs another U-turn, reports say
New identity verification scheme aimed at deterring illegal migration is reportedly to become optional More
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List of government U-turns as digital ID plans set to be scrapped
Plans for a compulsory digital ID system, intended for right-to-work checks, were thrown into disarray on Tuesday More
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UK to build new rail line between Birmingham and Manchester two years after HS2 scrapped
Plans expected to be set out alongside new Northern Powerhouse Rail proposals as Labour tries to woo voters from Nigel Farage’s Reform More
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Ukip rejects criticism over new ‘concerning’ logo likened to Nazi symbol
The party has submitted a new logo to replace their current yellow and purple pound emblem More
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Full list of former Tories who have defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform
A Conservative spokesperson said that Reform UK was the party of ‘has-been politicians’ More
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UK should ban children from social media because they cannot cope with toxic hate speech, terror watchdog warns
Jonathan Hall, the government’s independent reviewer of terrorism, said in a speech at the Policy Exchange think that ‘the question of how to regulate the online space is the most urgent question of our day’ More
