US EditionStarmer Backs UK-Wide Digital ID to Verify Right to Work and Rent
The UK government plans the Brit card to verify work and residency status, aiming to reduce illegal immigration and improve public service access by 2029, amid 63% public data security distrust.
- 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 announces plans for digital ID cards
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a new requirement for all working adults in the country to carry a digital identification called the Brit Card. In practice, the Brit Card will be based on the One Login infrastructure already used by the UK government. Supporters of the plan say digital ID cards can ensure that people have the right to work in the UK, and thus could help crack down on illegal immigration and exploitative employment s…
Starmer’s digital ID plan is a ‘dead cat’ play - and it won’t stop the boats
The PM looks like he’s cobbled together a headline-grabbing distraction from his troubles by launching a scheme that will be ineffective against its apparent target - illegal immigrants - and won’t happen for years, if at all, writes John Rentoul
By the end of Keir Starmer's term of office in 2029, this digital document should become "mandatory in order to prove his right to work".
U.K. says it will introduce digital ID cards, reviving a contentious idea
British citizens and permanent residents will have to produce a mandatory digital identification card in order to get work, the government announced Friday, reviving an idea that has long been controversial in the U.K.
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