Digital ID Cards

Explore our fact checks on digital ID cards in the UK. We examine government proposals and claims about political figures such as Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and others. Our analysis separates fact from speculation and provides clear, evidence-based context on this issue.

30 September 2025

Has Euan Blair’s company Multiverse been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme?

Multiverse is an “upskilling company”, not a software developer, and both it and the government say there’s no truth to viral claims linking it to the scheme.

Will ‘all UK citizens’ have to have digital ID?

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy appeared to claim last week that all UK citizens will have to have digital ID—but that’s only true for people who are working in the UK.

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Digital ID Cards

Has Euan Blair’s company Multiverse been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme?

Will ‘all UK citizens’ have to have digital ID?

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