The government is going to spend a lot of money developing digital ID. They should mend the system they already have.
I was a Trustee of a charity. Under recent legislation I was required to register my ID with Gov.UK and then tell Companies House I had done this to reaffirm my Trusteeship. I duly registered with Gov.UK and then wasted hours of time trying to get Gov.UK to share with Companies House in the required way. After several days of failed attempts I asked the Secretary of the charity to help. She also was unable to get it to work. I have since heard of many others encountering the same difficulty. My contacts with Companies House failed to resolve the issue. As I needed to comply by a deadline I resigned from the role instead.
This is causing upset and losing charities and companies helpers. It is difficult to see why we need another more expensive system of digi government ID, or why the contractor cannot be required to get Gov.UK to be able to confirm information for other departments. This system puts people off the whole idea of digi ID as it impedes law abiding people but will not catch lawbreakers. It will be like the chronic failure of the National Insurance number system to control illegal working and illegal migrants.