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A senior Scottish Labour MP has insisted UK Government plans to introduce a digital ID will not be branded as a "BritCard". ‌

Ian Murray said the scheme, set to be rolled out by the end of the current Parliament, is part of a broader push to clamp down on people working illegally in the UK. ‌

The digital government minister pushed back on claims it would be called a “BritCard”, saying “it is not a BritCard”. Murray also said that it was neither “mandatory” nor a card but later added it would be mandatory “for some purposes”. ‌

He admitted the UK Government had to “make the case” for the scheme and “listen and address people’s concerns about safety, security and privacy”.

Asked whether it was needed to tackle illegal migration, Murray said: "We’ve been very c

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