Keir Starmer is reportedly set to announce plans to introduce a digital ID card. (Photo by Benjamin Cremel – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Keir Starmer is set to introduce a digital ID card – labelled the ‘Brit card’ – in a bid to make Whitehall more efficient and take control of illegal work by some migrants, it has been reported.

The Prime Minister is expected to announce plans on Friday during a speech that Labour will roll out legislation for a mandatory ID card, according to Sky News and The Guardian.

The policy has been trumpeted by think tanks and former politicians, including William Hague and Tony Blair , as being key to addressing illegal working and ease data loads across government departments.

Plans have been in the works for months, with former work and pensions secretary Pa

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