Andy Burnham scrapes digital ID cards and redirects £1.8bn over three years to cost-of-living relief as he enters Downing Street Monday. The abandoned scheme—once Starmer's flagship anti-illegal immigration tool—had been watered down from mandatory to voluntary after 3 million signed a petition against it.

The incoming PM's spokesperson declared the government will "put its focus where people need it right now", signalling the first of several rapid...