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How does a homeless person without a smartphone get a job? Is the government going to supply smartphones to everyone?
Or anyone who simply doesn't want a smartphone. How do they get a job? Are you now forced to use a smartphone if you want to be a UK citizen?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn832y43ql5o
Yeah, they have no clue what they're doing. Maybe do the consultations and research before announcing your plan?
Unfortunately the main negative of this,
Is while smartphones make it easy to display. The data will be with the government. So not having a smart phone is easy to get around. Companies will likely be able to access the database and see your data.
UK unemployed having to pay for new gov ID to get a job. Is the real fucker.
This is the only thing giving me hope about the whole scheme-there seems to be nothing more than a headline or soundbite with no thought or infrastructure planning behind it.