Politico avoids the topic at Labour conference speech, homes in on AI instead UK prime minister Keir Starmer avoided mentioning the mandatory digital ID scheme in his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference amid calls for him to put meat on the bones of the plans or risk it failing fast....

Officials insist OBR relied on 'early estimate' and real figure won't emerge until next year The head of the department delivering the UK government's digital identity scheme has rejected the 1.8 billion cost forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), but is not willing to provide an alternative until after a delayed consultation on the plans....