The UK has abandoned plans for mandatory digital ID cards for workers, as the EU advances digital IDs and the digital euro, and crypto projects push privacy‑preserving tools.
The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government has dropped plans to make a centralized digital ID mandatory for workers, softening a flagship policy that would have required every employee to prove their right to work via a government‑… [3121 chars]
Source: Cointelegraph | Published: 2026-01-14T09:03:24Z
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