Keir Starmer says digital ID cards are an ‘enormous opportunity’ and will make it tougher to work illegally
Starmer says digital ID cards an 'enormous opportunity' for UK and will make working illegally tougherKeir Starmer says plans for a new digital ID held on people’s phones will be an “enormous opportunity” for the UK and make working illegally tougher.
Digital ID will become mandatory as a means of proving the right to work under the plans, but people will not be required to carry or asked to produce it. It will be available to UK citizens and legal residents by the end of this parliament, reports the PA news agency.
Starmer said: I know working people are worried about the level of illegal migration into this country. A secure border and controlled migration are...