Starmer says digital ID cards will be 'enormous opportunity' for UK

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2025-09-26

London (PA Media/dpa) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says plans for a new digital ID held on people's phones will be an "enormous opportunity" for the United Kingdom 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.......

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