Yeah most employers just take photocopies of the ID for record keeping purposes and that's it.

Nah this is over come with data.

E.g. if a firm is doing better than its peer group with less employees on the books, something is suspect.

They dont need to do anything. No matter what the UK govt does, the adoption of this stuff is a disaster anyway.

Unless its mandated by law, who cares.

Neither site works bro.

Let me summarise your comment in a few words: show me the money. If nobody is buying anything, there is no incremental value creation or augmentation of existing value in the economy that didn't already exist.