UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has relaunched his digital ID scheme as something that will make people's lives easier, less than four weeks after announcing it as a measure to tackle illegal working.

Digital ID will be compulsory for anyone taking a new job after the scheme goes live by the end of this parliamentary session, the prime minister said.

It will not, however, be used for surveillance or required for access to other services. "You'll never need ID to go into a hospital or anything like that," he said . "For people who simply don't want it, well, they don't need it – apart from the right to work."

This means digital ID will be optional for groups such as retired people, but mandatory for the 30.3 million Britons in payrolled jobs , except those staying with their current emplo

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