There will still be digital checks on those starting a new job, but people will not need to hold a digital ID.

Britain’s government has abandoned its requirement for workers to register with a new digital ID system to prove their right ...

The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government has dropped plans to make a centralized digital ID mandatory ...

When he announced the plan, Sir Keir Starmer had said people “will not be able to work in the United Kingdom” if they did not ...

The apparent climbdown leaves open the possibility that other digital documents could be used to prove someone has the right ...

The scheme once appeared inevitable, but that confidence has unraveled amid intense public backlash and troubling security ...

The United Kingdom has walked back plans to make its upcoming digital ID scheme a mandatory requirement for working adults.

The UK government has backtracked on a plan to require all workers to have a digital ID following a backlash. It will no longer be mandatory to register with the digital ID program to prove one has ...

Registration to be voluntary, though ministers say digital right-to-work checks, including via biometric passports, will ...

The United Kingdom is rolling back its plans to introduce BritCard as the sole digital ID for people to provide as proof of ...

All UK citizens will have to have a digital ID under new plans but they will only need to show it to prove their right to work, a Cabinet minister has said. The digital ID will be compulsory for ...

Everything we know as Labour announces another U-turn - The UK government has seemingly reversed its decision to implement ...