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With a digital ID, citizens will be able to log in to the GOV.UK app and then, crucially, prove who they are. But unlike an ordinary login, the digital ID will work across different departments and services, bringing those all together in one place in the GOV.UK app, so that the public can access all the services they need in one place. This is different from building one giant government IT system—that is not what we are doing. Services will remain on separate IT systems in their relevant departments, and the NHS app and citizens’ health data will always remain separate, but the GOV.UK app and digital ID will, over time, bring all other public services into one app on mobile phones—the front door to modern public services.