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The UK is an outlier by not taking up ID, research finds, as Tony Blair calls for digital card 'shake up'

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UK is one of only developed economies not using a national ID card, research shows.

Of the 38 OECD countries, just six do not have an ID scheme: Australia , Canada , Ireland , New Zealand , the United States and the UK .

Debate over digital ID cards reignited this week , following the latest intervention by former PM Tony Blair .

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