"During a fiery Prime Minister's Questions Sir Keir Starmer was branded by the Tory leader of being "clueless" and "blowing around like a plastic bag in the wind" after 13 U-turns after watering down plans for mandatory digital ID. Badenoch asked Starmer in the House of Commons, "I asked him if he understood the impact of his own policy - he didn't say yes. "The reason he U-turns all the time is because he is clueless. He is blowing around like a plastic bag in the wind - no sense of direction whatsoever.""
"Starmer hit back, "They crashed the economy and now they want to give lectures. "She's wondering why nobody is listening to her - nobody is ever going to listen to them on the economy ever again." Starmer said that there "will be checks" over the right to work in the UK and "they will be digital, and they will be mandatory. He added, "I'm determined to make it harder for people to work illegally in this country, and that's why there will be checks, they will be digital, and they will be mandatory." The Chancellor said on Wednesday that it will be compulsory to provide a digital ID to prove the person has the legal right to work in Britain."
"She told the BBC, "On the digital ID, for starters, I do think this story has been a bit overwritten. "We are saying that you will need mandatory digital ID to be able to work in the UK. "Now the difference is whether that has to be one piece of ID, a digital ID card, or whether it could be an e-visa or an e-passport, and we're pretty relaxed about what form that takes.""
A heated Prime Minister's Questions saw the Tory leader accuse Keir Starmer of being "clueless" and repeatedly U-turning after changes to mandatory digital ID plans. Badenoch questioned whether Starmer understood the impact of his policy and described his approach as directionless. Starmer countered by accusing the Conservatives of crashing the economy and saying they have lost credibility on economic matters. Starmer affirmed that right-to-work checks will be mandatory and digital to make illegal working harder. The Chancellor said a digital ID will be compulsory to prove the legal right to work but could take forms such as an e-visa or e-passport rather than a single digital ID card.
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