{"id":11863,"date":"2025-11-06T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/?p=11863"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:35:48","slug":"digital-identity-in-britain-is-not-subject-to-payment-for-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/digital-identity-in-britain-is-not-subject-to-payment-for-services\/","title":{"rendered":"DIGITAL IDENTITY IN BRITAIN IS NOT SUBJECT TO PAYMENT FOR SERVICES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a><\/em>Original article\u00a0<\/a>(in Albanian) was published on\u00a0<\/em>04\/11\/2025; Author: Patris Pustina<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An article<\/a> published by the portal Patriotik Media on October 27, 2025 claims that the British government \u201cof Keir Starmer imposes digital identity with a fee for those who refuse.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Government of the United Kingdom announced plans to introduce a digital identification document in September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article quotes British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as saying: \u201cIt will not be mandatory, but anyone who does not wish to use digital identification can continue with physical documents, paying 85 pounds if that is their preference.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This quote corresponds to a video<\/a> published on Facebook by The Paper. However, neither that post nor an article<\/a> about Starmer\u2019s trip to Brighton claims that those who refuse digital ID would have to pay the 85-pound fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prime Minister\u2019s office shared footage with Reuters<\/a> showing Starmer interacting with journalists. It began with Starmer recalling the experience<\/a> of a couple he had spoken to earlier, who, when buying a house, had paid for their identity to be verified for a mortgage application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTheir advisors had subcontracted the digital checks to a private company, so she and her husband had to pay 85 pounds each to verify who they were,\u201d <\/em>Starmer said in the 13-minute video. \u201cSo, it cost them 170 pounds to check their identity. Digital identity on their phone would have removed all that hassle.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When announcing the digital identity policy<\/a>, Starmer said it would only be mandatory for those who needed to verify their right to work in the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, Starmer did not claim that people without a digital ID card would have to pay an 85-pound fee for refusing it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was referring to a case he had mentioned earlier, where two individuals each paid this amount to a private company to prove their identity when buying a house. He noted that the planned digital ID card would have spared them this expense, not that everyone would have to pay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Original article\u00a0(in Albanian) was published on\u00a004\/11\/2025; Author: Patris Pustina An article published by the portal Patriotik Media on October 27, 2025 claims that the British government \u201cof Keir Starmer imposes digital identity with a fee for those who refuse.\u201d The Government of the United Kingdom announced plans to introduce a digital identification document in September […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":11865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[663,662,664,665],"class_list":["post-11863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-checks","tag-britain","tag-digital-identity","tag-factchecking","tag-uk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t