Major change to how YOU buy booze as new law puts an end to bringing ID on nights out – exactly how it will affect you
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DRINKERS will be able to buy booze with digital ID next year to spare the faff of taking physical documents on a night out. New laws will let pub landlords or supermarket checkout staff verify a customer’s age through an app. Ministers hope it will cut waiting times at bars, while making young women safer as they will not have to show their addresses that appear on driving licences.
![[The Sun's Chief Political Correspondent Jack Elsom with Technology Secretary Peter Kyle]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/digital-ids-pubs-peter-kyle-957905657.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Tech Secretary Peter Kyle spilled the plans to The Sun over a pint - and toasted it as a game changer. He said: “Paper based IDs just aren't really fit for the modern age. People leave them at home. They're tatty. They're not actually accurate... “So of course, now we're going to make sure the law is on the side of people who want to just carry their ID digitally.
![[The Labour minister said people can 'rest assured' he had 'no plans' to entirely scrap physical documents]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/digital-ids-pubs-peter-kyle-957905633.jpg?strip=all&w=665)
“Really simple, very straightforward, but it also means you're not giving away any personal data. So it's a real win win.”. The Labour Minister added people can “rest assured” he had “no plans” to entirely scrap physical documents. He said the change - coming in the Data Bill next year - will make young people feel “safer” on a night out.
Mr Kyle claimed some youngsters are even shunning pubs for fear of having to reveal their address to potentially dodgy bar staff. The Government has sanctioned dozens of independent digital ID apps which involve uploading scans of physical proof, before generating an ID code which bar staff can scan.
