Britain: Digital ID Cards Won’t Be Compulsory
January 14th, 2026Mmm hmm.
Via: Daily Mail:
Labour was forced into another humiliating U-turn on Tuesday night after abandoning its plans for mandatory digital IDs for workers.
Keir Starmer had vowed to crack down on illegal immigration by making digital identification compulsory to verify a person’s right to work in the UK.
But he has been forced into a 13th U-turn since becoming Prime Minister, and has watered down the mandatory element of the ID scheme following a public backlash.
Digital IDs will now be optional when they are introduced in 2029 – with workers allowed to use other documents to verify their identity digitally.
All other aspects of the scheme were set to be voluntary – meaning Britons will not have to adopt an official digital ID at all when they are introduced.
