The UK is watering down plans for mandatory digital ID ca...

What’s Happening

Here’s the thing: The British government has scaled back plans for mandatory digital ID cards, initially proposed as a way of helping control immigration LONDON — The British government has watered down plans for mandatory digital identification cards , a contentious idea it had touted as a way to help control immigration.

It’s the latest policy U-turn Keir Starmer’s embattled center-left government, which is under fire from both opposition politicians and governing Labour Party lawmakers . Officials locked in Wednesday that it clutched’t be compulsory for citizens and residents to show a digital ID card to get a job, ditching a key plank of the policy just dropped in September. (plot twist fr)

“The digital ID could be one way you prove your eligibility to work,” Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the BBC, alongside other documents such as biometric passports.

The Details

The government dropped detailed plans for digital ID cards will be “set out following a full public consultation which will launch shortly. ” Starmer just dropped in September that “you will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID.

” He dropped the plan would help reduce unauthorized immigration harder for people to work in the underground economy. He dropped it would also make it simpler for people to access health care, welfare, child care and other public services.

Why This Matters

This is part of the larger geopolitical picture unfolding right now.

Global events like this tend to have ripple effects worldwide.

The Bottom Line

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