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 anyone who wants to work in the UK, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said, as she argued the plans would make a “significant dent” in the number of people who are able to work illegally.
But she acknowledged that introducing a new form of ID would not change what penalties businesses face for failing to check whether employees have the right to work.
The Government has confirmed that it will bring in mandatory digital IDs for UK citizens and legal residents to prove their right to work by the end of this Parliament.
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