No, there is no national ID in the UK - there are talks about introducing one, but currently most common ID's are passport and driving licence. You must be British nationality (not citizen!) to get the passport.
How is goverment don't know you exist?
Reason #1 - they know, they just don't care.
Reason #2 - goverment agencies don't like to share information with eachother or with the ministers unless they really have to.
As for 'numbers' - in the UK it is called National Insurance Number. It is tied to pretty much all goverment services - taxes, benefits, NHS, you name it. You have one and you can access these services.
There is no 'special' set of numbers just for citizens, and it will not change if you applied and was granted citizenship.
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No, there is no national ID in the UK - there are talks about introducing one, but currently most common ID's are passport and driving licence. You must be British nationality (not citizen!) to get the passport.
How is goverment don't know you exist? Reason #1 - they know, they just don't care. Reason #2 - goverment agencies don't like to share information with eachother or with the ministers unless they really have to.
As for 'numbers' - in the UK it is called National Insurance Number. It is tied to pretty much all goverment services - taxes, benefits, NHS, you name it. You have one and you can access these services.
There is no 'special' set of numbers just for citizens, and it will not change if you applied and was granted citizenship.