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Digital ID no longer compulsory in UK
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January 14, 2026
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0:25Now PlayingThe government has confirmed that it is to scrap the compulsory element of its flagship digital ID scheme which was supposed to prove that individuals are allowed to work in the UK.
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Sir Keir Starmer unveiled the policy last autumn as a part of a crackdown on migration. But in the latest in a series of u-turns, the government has announced that workers will be given the chance to use other forms of ID to verify their eligibility.
Government officials insisted it had always been the case that details of the digital ID scheme would be set out after a consultation.
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