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Starmer

5 months ago

The prime minister was being teased by Kemi Badenoch about his numerous U-turns. He did not like it. And so he flipped.
The prime minister says he's been told Elon Musk's X is taking steps to make it's in "full compliance with UK law."
Keir Starmer had vowed to crack down on illegal immigration by making digital ID compulsory to verify a person's right to work in the UK, but he was forced into a 13th U-turn since becoming PM.

Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs amid criticism over digital ID U-turn – UK politics live

Ministers have rolled back central element of digital ID plans, possibly allowing people to use other forms of identification to prove their right to work

Here are extracts from three interesting comm…

Keir Starmer has humiliatingly dropped his flagship plans to make digital ID cards mandatory for right to work checks.
I can scarcely believe that I am writing these words, writes DANIEL HANNAN, but the Government seems to be moving towards a ban on X.
The Prime Minister was accused of planning a 'craven kowtow' to the Chinese in return for new trade and investment deals to boost Britain's flagging economy.

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