Scheme intended to verify someone’s right to work in the UK will be optional, government admitted in 13th U-turn since taking power

I wouldn’t normally post Times articles but they seem to be the first to run this bit of rare good news.

  • ambitiousslab@feddit.ukEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    I’m happy this has happened. I’m still pretty wary, though. Can there be a cross party debate and agreement on what the limits should be? I worry the “mandatory” part will just get pushed through later on, like the encryption backdoor clause of the OSA.