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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

Plans dropped for mandatory digital ID in latest Starmer U-turn

The Government has appeared to row back on its flagship policy of mandatory digital ID, suggesting it will no longer be required to prove someone has the right to work in the UK.

Announcing the policy last September, Sir Keir Starmer told a conference in London that “you will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID”.

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