Having said that the Digital ID scheme was vital to control those trying to work illegally in the UK, Labour is backing away from such mandatory requirements (allowing right-to-work checks to take, as they do now, a range of other proofs as valid)...
which suggests once again, the Labour Govt. is either failing to really scope out opposition to its policies, or is naively picking up policies long advocated by civil servants but with little political backing.
#DigitalID #politics
h/t FT
@ChrisMayLA6 civil servants do fantasise about total information giving perfect control
@ChrisMayLA6 The daft thing is that they always try to do it the wrong way round. Even the way they talk about it ( 'illegal workers' rather than 'illegal employers') shows how they are framing it. Most workers don't want to work illegally, as they know they're more likely to be exploited, so a scheme whereby people who are migrants CAN work (rather than sitting for years not being permitted) would remove most illegal working overnight. Then concentrate on punishing illegal employers.
