Government to end investment in Gov.uk Verify digital identity system

The original business case for Verify was predicated on its use in major departments such as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). But no-one made them use it. In fact, they blew it off totally and developed their own alternatives. As Computer Weekly noted, HMRC is developing a new version of its existing Government Gateway, while NHS England is developing its own identity system (after saying Verify is not secure enough for the health service), the Scottish government is pressing ahead with its own digital identity and DWP has had to create an additional identity system to support Universal Credit after finding that hundreds of thousands of benefits applicants could be unable to register successfully on Verify.

Oh well.

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