Overview

• Speaking at the Global Progress Action summit in London, Keir Starmer said no one will be able to work in the UK without a digital ID, declaring, “We do need to know who is in our country.”
• He linked the measure to tackling irregular migration and exploitation in the shadow economy, arguing that allowing such work is not compassionate left-wing politics.
• Starmer defended a multi-ethnic Britain and urged progressives to confront an “industrialised infrastructure of grievance,” implicitly rebuking President Trump’s portrayal of London.
• He condemned a recent far-right march in the capital as chilling for communities, warning about where such “poison” can lead.
• In a Q&A, he said he wants the next election to be an “open fight” with Reform UK, while columnists and some Labour MPs questioned the policy’s clarity and civil-liberties implications.