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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke and David Maddox

‘Complete shambles’: Exasperated Labour MPs lash out at Starmer over digital ID U-turn

Labour MPs are questioning whether Sir Keir Starmer can hold on to power after he performed yet another U-turn as prime minister by ditching plans for mandatory digital ID.

The government has reversed course on policy issues at least 11 times so far, including by raising the inheritance tax relief threshold for farmers after months of protest and scrapping a raft of benefits cuts under the threat of a backbench revolt.

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