0h 21min, jan 13, 2026 y - Plans for Digital ID Dropped

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The government has dropped plans requiring workers to sign up to a new digital ID system in order to prove their right to work in the UK.

Instead, Labour ministers say existing checks, using documents such as biometric passports, will move fully online by 2029.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said Sir Keir Starmer was "clueless" and showing "no sense of direction whatsoever".

Business Secretary Peter Kyle said it showed the need for Labour ministers to better justify the reasons behind new measures.

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