They've Been Fantasising About That For 30 Years.

https://news.sky.com/story/starmer-to-unveil-plan-for-digital-id-cards-to-crack-down-on-illegal-immigration-13438007

It clearly won't deter illegal immigration. Asylum Seekers have been forced to carry them since 2002.

Perhaps it should be written into law that if a government deliberately fails at something in order to manufacture support for one of its dream policies then that policy can never become law.