Voters will be required to present a passport, drivers licence or utility bill when they go to the polls in a bid to tackle electoral fraud, The Telegraph understands.

Ministers are likely to introduce a pilot of the scheme amid concerns that people are impersonating genuine voters.

It comes after a report commissioned by Sir Eric Pickles, the former Conservative Cabinet minister, today warns that the authorities are in a “state of denial” and are “turning a blind eye” to election fraud.