UK drops plans for mandatory digital ID for workers in latest U-turn, media reports

LONDON: Britain is set to drop plans to make it mandatory for workers to hold a digital identity document, The Times newspaper, the BBC and ​other media reported on Tuesday, potentially marking another policy U-turn for the Labour government. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced in September last year that his government would require every employee to hold a digital ID in an attempt to tackle illegal migration and reduce the threat from the populist Reform UK party.

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