SIR Keir Starmer has hailed plans for new digital IDs as an "enormous opportunity" for the UK to crack down on illegal immigrants.

The Prime Minister has today given his full support to the scheme, which will become mandatory as a means of proving the right to work.

It is aimed at clamping down on illegal migration and stopping rogue bosses hiring staff who should not be here.

Under current plans, it will be available to UK citizens and legal residents by the end of this Parliament.

Anyone starting work would have to show a digital profile that links to a central database.

Officials could then instantly check if someone is entitled to be employed in the UK and cross-match the data with tax records.

Britain is one of the only countries in Europe without a national ID system and critic

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