Job applicants to face ID card checks

The Home Office is working with employers to encourage them to use ID cards to verify the identities of their staff. Some of the UK's biggest organisations are looking at using national ID cards to verify, with the central population register, the identity of all new employees as part of the recruitment process. This Home Office-convened group includes employers such as the Royal Mail, the BBC and BP.

The vast government-run database supporting the ID card system could also be tied into co... (118 more words)

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