Starmer says digital ID cards will be ‘enormous opportunity’ for UK

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says digital ID cards will provide an ‘enormous opportunity’ for the UK (Alamy/PA) -

Sir Keir Starmer says plans for a new digital ID held on people’s phones will be an “enormous opportunity” for the UK and make working illegally tougher.

Digital ID will become mandatory as a means of proving the right to work under the plans, but people will not be required to carry or asked to produce it.