LIVE: Starmer to be grilled at PMQs as Labour abandons flagship digital ID policy

0 January 14, 2026 08:07

LIVE: Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces the House of Commons for a high-stakes PMQs as the Government performs a major U-turn on mandatory Digital ID cards.

Just hours after the Home Office signalled that the flagship Digital ID scheme would no longer be mandatory for right-to-work checks, the Prime Minister enters the Chamber to face a barrage of questions from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Liberal Democrat MPs.

Read more here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37902127/keir-starmer-digital-id-plans-u-turn-backlash/

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