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UK To Launch Mandatory Digital IDs In Crackdown On Illegal Work, Hails India's Aadhaar

The new digital ID will be the authoritative proof of who someone is and what their residency status in this country.

London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday unveiled plans to roll out a mandatory free-of-charge digital ID scheme to crack down on illegal working, stressing that anyone without such a document would not be able to find employment in the UK.

The scheme will be available to all citizens and legal residents of the UK, with the government claiming it will save time by ending the need for complicated identity checks, which often rely on copies of paper records.

In referencing global benchmarks of similar schemes, Downing Street pointed to

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