UK drops national digital ID while One Login and wallets continue
Original title: Whitehall shuts the front door on digital ID but leaves the back open
Officials told MPs more than 80 credential types remain planned, with digital driving licences targeted for 2027.
Ministers scrapped Britain’s national digital ID scheme, but officials told the Public Accounts Committee that GOV.UK One Login, digital wallets, and the digital identity trust framework continue. More than 80 document types are earmarked for the wallet, including benefits proof, driving-test certificates, and DBS certificates. A private-sector testing environment is open, with further testing planned for December and a national digital driving-licence rollout targeted for 2027. Officials said consent applies inside digital services, while existing inter-department sharing and the unfinished strategy remain unresolved.
- DCMS said the canceled plan was a new identity product, not One Login or Gov Wallet.
- Private providers can test using digital driving licences for age checks and parcel collection.
- One Login stores identity separately and does not issue a single identifier, officials said.
- Departments can already share data without permission, and the strategy is not finished.
From the original article
3 min read at theregister.comMinisters may have scrapped the national scheme, but One Login, digital wallets and 80-plus planned credentials are still very much alive
By Carly Page · theregister.com
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