The British government has scaled back plans for mandatory digital ID cards, initially proposed as a way of helping control ...

There will still be digital checks on those starting a new job, but people will not need to hold a digital ID.

Britain’s government has abandoned its requirement for workers to register with a new digital ID system to prove their right ...

Britain is poised to abandon proposals that would have made it compulsory for workers to hold a digital identity document, ...

Mandatory digital ID cards were billed primarily as a tactic to stop illegal migration. They would make employing illegal ...

The United Kingdom has walked back plans to make its upcoming digital ID scheme a mandatory requirement for working adults.

Spokeo reports 5 digital ID trends for 2026, highlighting passkeys, mobile IDs, behavioral biometrics, deepfake defense, and ...

Last year, the UK government announced ambitious plans for a national digital identity scheme, but will 2026 lead to more ...

The scheme once appeared inevitable, but that confidence has unraveled amid intense public backlash and troubling security ...