"You will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID. It's as simple as that."
"The digital ID could be one way in which you prove your eligibility to work through a digital right-to-work check."
"The case for the government now dropping digital IDs entirely is overwhelming. Taxpayers should not be footing a £1.8 billion bill for a digital ID scheme that is frankly pointless. The proposal to make right-to-work checks digital could raise similar cybersecurity, fraud and privacy risks that digital IDs carry. The devil will be in the detail but this whole digital ID debacle smacks of incompetence,"
Digital ID will no longer be mandated solely for proving the right to work in the UK and the policy emphasis has shifted toward broader access to public services. The government had announced mandatory digital ID for right-to-work checks from 2029 and the prime minister previously stated that people could not work without it. A minister said digital ID could be one way to prove eligibility to work, while plans for mandatory digital right-to-work checks remain under discussion. Campaigners welcomed the retreat but warned about an estimated £1.8 billion cost, funding uncertainty, and cybersecurity, fraud and privacy risks that may undermine value for money.
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