Ministers are considering issuing digital IDs at birth, expanding Labour’s scheme beyond adults. The plan, discussed in private meetings, would create a lifelong digital profile linked to public services and employment checks. Supporters cite efficiency; critics warn about privacy and state overreach.

Police chiefs warn Labour’s justice reforms—reducing use of prison and widening early release—could raise reoffending and saddle forces with an £800m bill for supervision and casework. Ministers say the changes relieve overcrowding and focus resources on the most serious offenders.

No 10 faced backlash after saying a controversial Egyptian dissident linked to posts condemned as antisemitic and anti-British would be welcome in the UK. It defended the PM’s handling of the case as the Home Sec ordered an inquiry into information failures.

The Tory leader urges the government to strip a dual national of British citizenship and deport him after past posts calling for violence and promoting hatred surfaced. She criticises the PM’s welcome of his arrival, arguing the UK should bar those who despise it.