Prime minister hopes to learn from success of scheme rolled out to most of country’s 1.4bn citizens Keir Starmer is to examine India’s digital ID system on his visit to Mumbai as a potential model for the UK, praising the system as a “massive success”. Speaking on his two-day trip to Mumbai, where he met an expert on India’s digital ID system, Starmer defended the introduction of a similar measure in the UK, saying he believed the rollout of a voluntary system could be expanded to school applications, mortgages and driving licences. Continue reading...

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West Midlands comedian Don Maclean is made a Papal Knight for using his profession to further the Roman Catholic faith.