British Prime Minister Keir Starmer views a screening during a visit to Yash Raj Films, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2025. Keir Starmer is facing a mounting Labour rebellion over his plans to introduce compulsory digital ID cards, HuffPost UK can reveal.Downing Street has announced a series of “outreach” meetings with unhappy backbenchers in an attempt to win them round.One MP said: “Overtures from them won’t shift people. The anti-digital ID brigade will be unswayed and those who buy the argument think No.10′s reverse Midas touch has tainted it for another five years.”The prime minister announced his backing for digital ID cards on the eve of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.He said it would be a vital tool in the government’s attempts to tackle illegal immigration as anyone starting a job would need to have one to prove they have the right to live and work in the UK.Starmer said: “Digital ID is an enormous oppo