Gov.uk app could lead to ‘mandatory ID scheme’, claim privacy groups

App and wallet would allow people to carry digital versions of key documents such as driving licence on their phones

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A new app to hold citizens' driving licences, passports and benefits documents risks being used as a launchpad for a mandatory ID scheme", privacy campaigners have claimed.

Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, last week unveiled plans for a gov.uk app and gov.uk wallet, intended to save time and hassle for millions by allowing them to carry on their phones digital versions of paper documents.