Exclusive: Keir Starmer Facing Mounting Labour Rebellion Over Digital ID Cards

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68e663d718000065645d1a26.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="British Prime Minister Keir Starmer views a screening during a visit to Yash Raj Films, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2025. " data-caption="British Prime Minister Keir Starmer views a screening during a visit to Yash Raj Films, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2025. " data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />British Prime Minister Keir Starmer views a screening during a visit to Yash Raj Films, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2025. </div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/keir-starmer/">Keir Starmer</a> is facing a mounting <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/labour-party/">Labour </a>rebellion over his <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-starmer-faces-furious-backlash-over-plan-to-force-every-brit-to-have-digital-id-card_uk_68d61ee3e4b0d6db5599fbb6">plans to introduce compulsory digital ID cards</a>, HuffPost UK can reveal.</p><p>Downing Street has announced a series of “outreach” meetings with unhappy backbenchers in an attempt to win them round.</p><p>One MP said: “Overtures from them won’t shift people. The anti-digital ID brigade will be unswayed and those who buy the argument think No.10′s reverse Midas touch has tainted it for another five years.”</p><p>The prime minister announced his backing for digital ID cards on the eve of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.</p><p>He said it would be a vital tool in the government’s attempts to tackle illegal immigration as anyone starting a job would need to have one to prove they have the right to live and work in the UK.</p><p>Starmer said: “Digital ID is an enormous oppo