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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou

Tony Blair warns digital IDs ‘cannot be another failed government IT project’ as Labour tries to save plan

Tony Blair’s think-tank has warned Sir Keir Starmer he cannot risk letting “process” make digital IDs “another failed government IT project” as ministers push ahead with a revamped proposal after ditching plans to make them compulsory.

The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) said the government must avoid “drowning in process, overspending and underdelivering” if it wants to secure public trust in the “long overdue” scheme.

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