The government is backing down on its plan for mandatory digital ID cards for anyone wanting to get a job in the UK.
This tells us two things; one about the hole the government is in, and another about how it means to climb out.
The plan, announced by the prime minister in September, was intended to help crack down on the apparent ease with which migrants can work illegally in the UK.
But on Tuesday, 10 Downing Street signalled a U-turn.
A government spokesman would only go as far as saying: "We are committed to mandatory digital right to work checks."
In other words digital checks will still be mandatory, but they will no longer have to be checks of the proposed digital ID cards, other forms of ID can be used too.
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