Sir Keir Starmer says plans for a new digital ID held on people's phones will be an "enormous opportunity" for the UK and make working illegally tougher.Digital ID will become mandatory as a means of proving the right to work under the plans, but people will not be required to carry or asked to produce it.It will be available to UK citizens and legal residents by the end of this Parliament.

Sir Keir Starmer says plans for a new digital ID held on people's phones will be an "enormous opportunity" for the UK and make working illegally tougher.Digital ID will become mandatory as a means of proving the right to work under the plans, but people will not be required to carry or asked to produce it.It will be available to UK citizens and legal residents by the end of this Parliament.