A new digital ID will become mandatory as a means of proving individuals have the right to work in the UK under new plans announced by the Prime Minister.

Sir Keir Starmer said the new digital ID , which will be accessible on people’s phones, presents an “enormous opportunity” for the UK and will make it harder to work illegally.

It will be rolled out by the end of this Parliament. New Feature

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The plans have drawn criticism from the Conservatives and Reform, with both claiming the measure will not tackle immigration as the Government has claimed.

The Liberal Democrats said they would not support mandatory digital ID where people are “forced to turn over their private data just to go about their daily lives”.

Labour said although

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