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If it is just ID but on the phone then it is a sensible idea with a couple of millions precautions to take care of. Case in point - Diia is fine if flawed realization of Digital ID and digital governance application. You just need to get through a dozen or so data leaks because we got our pentesting permanently outsourced to guys up east but aside from that - it is broadly fine.
But since we haven't actually been told what it will entail in the UK, we don't know.
Ideally it could be used in a privacy preserving manner, e.g. you can use it to prove you are 18 without revealing any other details.
It's being sold to us under the guise of "stopping illegal immigrants from being able to work", which I can tell you right now is not something any ID scheme will be good for because it's nearly all unregistered cash-in-hand jobs.
lack of transparency kills everything. especially when the government already has hostile reputation towards its citizens. which is weird because it is way easier to get reelected when you actually do something that makes life of your people easier and more self-sustainable. but that's probably a bit too much to ask.