Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UK

There will still be digital checks on those starting a new job, but people will not need to hold a digital ID.

Mandatory digital ID cards abandoned: where did the government go wrong?

Mandatory digital ID cards were billed primarily as a tactic to stop illegal migration. They would make employing illegal ...

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

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

Starmer 'abandons' plans for mandatory digital IDs in '13th U-turn' since election

The government is reportedly planning to water down its plans for compulsory digital IDs in their 13th U-turn since taking ...
inews.co.uk

Compulsory digital ID U-turn - but workers will still face online checks

It is the latest in a series of political walk-backs by the Government, this one involving a scheme first revealed by The i Paper ...
The Economist

Millions in the West want mandatory voting. Are they right?

Editor’s note: Following elections in Uruguay on October 27th, Yamandú Orsi and Álvaro Delgado will face each other in a run-off for the presidency on November 24th. Uruguayans overwhelmingly voted ...