Andy Burnham will scrap Labour’s digital ID scheme when he becomes Prime Minister, as part of a “reset of priorities” over the cost of living crisis.

Incoming PM will reallocate unspecified resources from unpopular plan to helping with cost of living

The incoming PM is signalling a dramatic change in direction from Sir Keir Starmer’s government

A planned nationwide digital ID scheme for the U.K. will be shelved by incoming U.K. prime minister Andy Burnham, a spokesperson said on July 18.