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Starmer Backs UK-Wide Digital ID to Verify Right to Work and Rent
- The UK government plans to introduce a digital ID system that will be mandatory for proving the right to work and rent properties.
- The digital IDs will be held on people's phones and contain information like name, date of birth, nationality or residency status, and a photo, but carrying it will not be compulsory.
- While the government says it will improve access to services, some groups like Sinn Féin have criticized the proposal as an attack on the Good Friday Agreement.
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UPDATE: Keir Starmer Announces “Mandatory” Digital ID Scheme For United Kingdom
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Friday that digital IDs will be “mandatory” for British citizens to work. Starmer claimed requiring every employee to hold a digital identity document will make it tougher to work in the United Kingdom illegally. “This government will make a new free-0f-charge digital ID mandatory for the right to work by the end of this parliament,” Starmer said. “You will not be able to work in the United…
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Leaning Left37Leaning Right32Center83Last UpdatedBias Distribution55% Center
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