The ID would probably be used for right-to-work checks and to determine whether a person was eligible for a home rental contract, they said.

Gosh, is that really such an enormous fucking problem that it is a proportionate economic solution to push 60 million ID cards out?

https://www.ft.com/content/f2b333ba-3157-473f-b831-9eb7856c1edd and https://archive.ph/DFRkG