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Story summary
- The UK Government introduced a digital ID scheme to combat fraud at a cost of £1.8 billion.
- The scheme aims to cut £200 billion lost annually to fraud and improve security in public services.
- Critics raise privacy and data-security concerns and urge transparency in data handling.
- A government report finds £10.9 billion was lost due to weak safeguards in emergency support schemes and calls for better fraud prevention and coordination.
