[jlokier]

Last time I opened a personal bank account with a high street branch was 25 years ago, and I think I took my birth certificate.

These days, looking at the Barclays list from the sibling comment, I'd use a letter from HMRC, which I have, but many people in regular salaried employment don't (income tax is completely automated for most).

Other than an HMRC letter, it look like I don't have anything that qualifies as an Id document in the Barclays list. So I couldn't open a high street bank account today if I wanted to.

I actually couldn't vote in the last local election, since they introduced new Id requirements for that, and by the time I learned of the new requirements I had no way to vote. I've voted for decades; that was the first time I couldn't, and hopefully the last as well.