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New UK PM Andy Burnham To Drop Digital ID Plan To Focus On Living Costs
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New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham plans to cancel the national digital ID scheme to prioritize addressing the cost of living crisis. The project was previously criticized by lawmakers as a failure.
Resources devoted to the scheme, deemed a "fiasco" by a cross-party committee of lawmakers, will be redirected to Burnham's priorities, a spokesperson said.
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