UK regulators broadly support digital ID scheme

The scheme has lost popularity with voters, but regulators maintain it would work in the UK’s favor.

Thousands of protestors marched on Whitehall in London last week against a proposed digital ID scheme that the UK government is saying will make it easier for people across the country to access services.

The proposal is for digital IDs to be issued by the end of this parliament, or

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