MANCHESTER, England - Incoming British prime minister Andy Burnham will scrap the government’s troubled plans for a digital ID scheme when he enters office on July 20, a spokesperson for the new Labour Party leader said. Resources devoted to the scheme - deemed a “fiasco” by a cross-party committee»»»

Andy Burnham’s plan to scrap the government’s technology department has triggered an angry backlash from MPs, Whitehall officials and tech experts. The incoming prime minister has asked officials to draw up plans to abolish the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology as part of a wider Wh»»»