Overview

• Prime Minister Keir Starmer said workers will need a government-issued digital ID to be employed, presenting the plan as a tool against forged documents and illegal hiring.
• Press reports cited by TASS indicate the requirement could cover all lawful residents, with specifics yet to be set out publicly.
• The Times reported the government intends to create a single national database of digital-ID holders that all employers would be required to check.
• Civil-liberties group Big Brother Watch labeled the proposal dystopian, and international critics including Russia’s Kirill Dmitriev and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis condemned it on social media.
• An official UK Parliament petition opposing digital IDs surpassed two million signatures within a day, far exceeding the threshold for parliamentary consideration.