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

Workers will be able to use a variety of digital IDs to prove their right to work in Britain, the government said Wednesday, diluting a plan it announced last year.

The Government has rowed back on its flagship policy of mandatory digital ID, marking the latest in a series of major policy U-turns since the general election

The Government has announced that digital ID or other digital documentation - such as passports and e-visas - will be accepted to prove someone's right to work

Everything we know as Labour announces another U-turn - The UK government has seemingly reversed its decision to implement mandatory digital ID cards to prove the right to work

The Government is reportedly set to water down plans to bring in mandatory digital ID after a fierce backlash - sparking accusations the idea is 'doomed to failure'

There has been long-standing resistance in the U.K. to any plans to impose a mandatory ID, and the latest proposals from had sparked fierce opposition from rival political parties and the public.

Keir Starmer has ditched plans to force all workers to have digital ID cards in his 13th U-turn since becoming prime minister. In a major humiliation for the PM, the Cabinet Office confirmed that the controversial cards would no longer be compulsory for those seeking employment.