UK government rolls back key part of digital ID card plans

Workers will be able to use other identification for right to work, meaning digital form not mandatoryMinisters have rolled back on a main element of the proposed digital ID plans, leaving open the possibility that people will be able to use other forms of identification to prove their right to work.This will mean that the ID cards, announced to some controversy in September, will no longer be mandatory for working-age people, given that the only planned obligatory element was to prove the right to work in the UK. Continue reading...