Sir Keir Starmer U-turns on mandatory ID cards after backlash

Protesters march against UK Government’s plan to introduce a digital identification card (Picture: Anadolu)

The Prime Minister has abandoned his plans for mandatory digital ID cards to verify someone’s right to work in the UK.

The ID cards will now be optional when they are introduced in 2029, with workers given the choice of whether to use other documents to verify their identity instead.

A Government source told The Times that the compulsory element ‘was stopping conversation...