The British government has watered down plans for mandatory digital identification cards, a contentious idea it had touted as a way to help control immigration.It’s the latest policy U-turn by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s embattled center-left government, which is under fire from both opposition politicians and governing Labor Party lawmakers.Officials confirmed Wednesday that it won’t be compulsory for citizens and residents to show a digital ID card in order to get a job, ditching a key plank of the policy announced in September.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“The digital ID could be one way you prove your eligibility to work,” Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the BBC, alongside other documents such as biometric passports.The government said detailed plans for digital ID cards will be “set out following a full public consultation which will launch shortly.”Starmer announced in September that “you will not be able to work in