I can only assume this is because it could be used to keep criminal illegal aliens from working in the UK. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3385zrrx73o From the post: >>The government has dropped plans to make it compulsory to have digital ID in order to prove a right to work, the BBC understands. Digital checks on a person's right to work will be mandatory but workers will not have to offer a digital ID and will be able to use other documents such as a passport. This marks a shift from last year when the government first announced the policy and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told an audience: "You will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID. It's as simple as that."