UK Digital ID card scheme set to cost staggering £1.8billion, budget watchdog reveals for first time

Daily Mail: Labour’s Digital ID cards will cost taxpayers a staggering £1.8billion, Britain’s economic watchdog has revealed for the first time.

Yet ministers have failed to say where the cash for the controversial scheme will come from, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)…

David Davis on X

Labour is pushing through its dangerous Digital ID scheme.

Today’s Budget confirmed it will cost AT LEAST £1.8bn.

It will do nothing to stop illegal immigration or illegal working.

It is utter madness and must be stopped. pic.twitter.com/D3LU9pcr7g
— David Davis MP (@DavidDavisMP) November 26, 2025

Bernie on X

DIGITAL ID – Whilst you’re all distracted with the budget, the government has quietly launched a new department.

‘Office for Digital Identities and Attributes’

which will oversee the UK’s digital ID market and roll out.

They kept that quiet didn’t they? pic.twitter.com/TI2qehHNnt
— Bernie (@Artemisfornow) October 31, 2024

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UK Digital ID card scheme set to cost staggering £1.8billion, budget watchdog reveals for first time