UK digital ID plans will no longer be mandatory

The United Kingdom has walked backmost plans to marque its upcoming integer ID strategy a mandatory request for moving adults. While the UK authorities remains "committed to mandatory integer right-to-work checks," an unspecified authorities spokesperson told The Times, integer ID volition present beryllium optional erstwhile the inaugural is introduced sometime successful 2029.

The national integer ID plans were announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer successful September with the purpose of cracking down connected amerciable migrant workers, specifying that integer ID "will beryllium mandatory for close to enactment checks by the extremity of the Parliament." The digital ID volition include a person's name, day …

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