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"This appears to be about (2), with the catch of it being made mandatory for anyone who wants to be employed in the UK."

For people who are already working illegally, or plan to, it would change nothing, as they could dodge any checks by sub-contracting through someone who seems to be legally employed.

The government cannot be so daft as to ignore how much illegal work happens this way, so there has to be some larger scheme at play here.