The UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer looks set to announce the launch of digital ID cards in an attempt, we are told to believe, to clamp down on illegal immigration.…
Insiders say that plans for the digital ID scheme could be unveiled at the next Labour Party Conference which starts on September 28.
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The Sun reports: Finer details of the scheme are understood to still be in the works, so this timeline could change.
But for him, the digital IDs could “play an important role” in making the UK less desirable as a place for migrants wanting come here illegally.
And ministers have been showing their increasing public support for the digital IDs in recent weeks.
New home secretary Shabana Mahmood shared earlier this month: “My long-term personal political view has always been in favour of ID cards.”
The system she suggested could “help with illegal working enforcement” and “deal with the pull factors that are making the UK a destination of choice” for many migrants.
Growing calls for the policy came after it was revealed that small boat migrants are brazenly breaking the law by working as Deliveroo and Just Eat delivery riders.
One component of the scheme looks to give every person who has a legal right to be in the UK a digital ID, which can be easily accessed on their phone.
This includes people with legalised immigration status and British citizens.
But the programme’s success will likely depend on everyone having the them.