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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Helen Corbett

All UK citizens will have digital ID but only to prove right to work – Nandy

Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Lisa Nandy arrives in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting. Picture date: Tuesday July 22, 2025. - (PA Wire)

All UK citizens will have to have a digital ID under new plans but they will only need to show it to prove their right to work, a Cabinet minister has said.

The digital ID will be compulsory for anyone who wants to work in the UK, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said, as she argued the plans would make a “significant dent” in the number of people who are able to work illegally.

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