More forms of ID may be allowed for UK voters after damning report

The Electoral Commission’s report found that among people who did not vote in May, 4% said this was because of voter ID. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock

The government has indicated it could expand the list of ID people can use to vote after a damning Electoral Commission report about the rollout of the new rules, but has said this is unlikely to cover documents used by younger people such as 18-plus travel passes.

Addressing MPs about the report, which warned that hundreds of thousands of people could be excluded from a general election, with a disproportionate impact on more disadvantaged communities, levelling up minister Rachel Maclean said ministers would now review the scheme.