They've caved to pressure on things before, as with the Greater Manchester's version of ULEZ which was put "under review" and I believe has now been cancelled entirely because everybody was against it. Obviously they will try again in future regardless.
I suspect the amount of pushback they're getting on digital ID, including people refusing to adopt it, may cause them to make it just one of the several existing options for companies to check you're allowed to work in the UK. But obviously they're going to make it the more convenient option so many companies will only support digital ID. Once most companies (including those in bed with the government) are doing that and lots of people already have the ID, it will be much easier to make it mandatory.
They've caved to pressure on things before, as with the Greater Manchester's version of ULEZ which was put "under review" and I believe has now been cancelled entirely because everybody was against it. Obviously they will try again in future regardless.
I suspect the amount of pushback they're getting on digital ID, including people refusing to adopt it, may cause them to make it just one of the several existing options for companies to check you're allowed to work in the UK. But obviously they're going to make it the more convenient option so many companies will only support digital ID. Once most companies (including those in bed with the government) are doing that and lots of people already have the ID, it will be much easier to make it mandatory.
Caved, or delayed until you've stopped paying attention.