After months of talks and behind-the-scenes negotiation, Apple has agreed to make iPhone’s NFC stack available to a UK government app designed to confirm the status of citizens following a planned departure from the European Union.
Source: Apple Insider News and Secrets on New Apple Products

Apple agrees to open iPhone NFC for UK's Brexit app by end of 2019
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