US EditionStarmer Backs UK-Wide Digital ID to Verify Right to Work and Rent
The UK will mandate digital IDs for all workers to reduce illegal employment and simplify public service access, with 53% public support reported in recent polls.
- 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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UK government makes digital ID mandatory to get a job: 'Safer, fairer and more secure'
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that digital ID will become mandatory in order to be employed in the United Kingdom.The new ID is part of a government plan to allegedly help fight illegal immigration. The idea is that illegal employment is what is attracting many migrants to make the treacherous trip across the English Channel to move to the U.K.'You will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID.'Starmer…
ANALYSIS - While the Prime Minister is under pressure on the migration issue, this new measure must apply to nationals and foreign residents.
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...
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