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Labour's £1.8 Billion Identity Card Plan Sparks Backlash

11/26/2025

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Labour's digital identity card scheme would cost £1.8 billion over three years, per the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Government plans to fund the scheme from existing departmental budgets, with no announced savings.
Critics, including Conservative MP David Davis, say the plan wastes public funds.
Opposition has grown with nearly three million signatures and protests in London, and Kemi Badenoch (the Tory leader) and Nigel Farage (Reform UK leader) oppose it.

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Story summary

Labour's digital identity card scheme would cost £1.8 billion over three years, per the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Government plans to fund the scheme from existing departmental budgets, with no announced savings.
Critics, including Conservative MP David Davis, say the plan wastes public funds.
Opposition has grown with nearly three million signatures and protests in London, and Kemi Badenoch (the Tory leader) and Nigel Farage (Reform UK leader) oppose it.