It's not your father's military ID card. The old green plastic identification cards familiar to generations of soldiers are on their way to being a thing of the past. They are being replaced by "smart ...

Digital ID will be available to all UK citizens and legal residents, and mandatory in order to work. However, for students, pensioners or others not seeking work, having a digital ID will be optional.

British citizens and permanent residents will have to produce a mandatory digital identification card in order to get work, ...