Keir Starmer has just made his 13th u-turn since taking the No. 10 keys. The government, this evening, decided that the digital ID scheme would no longer be compulsory.

The IDs were to be used to verify if job applicants had the right to work in the UK – something that is currently done using passports and National Insurance numbers. But, according to the Times, Starmer has now dropped the compulsory aspect of the scheme because of fears it was causing distrust in the principle of digital ID.

Under the changed plans there will be an entirely optional digital ID, or workers can use digital versions of existing documents – such as passports – to complete right-to-work checks. Those concerned about civil liberties and freedom from the digital state will be relieved, but the government never answered why a digital ID would stop people working here........

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