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Mel Stride: The cuts to the Digital ID card budget are not real because the money was never provided in the first place.

On the recordJuly 22, 2026
The cuts to the Digital ID card budget are not real because the money was never provided in the first place.
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Mel Stride
Conservative Party
Source
bbc.co.uk

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of funding for the VAT cut.

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