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2 Years of COVID-19 on GOV.UK

Posted by: Anna Sherrington - Lead Delivery Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 25 July 2022 - Categories: GOV.UK, People and skills, Ways of working
An animation that shows the changing appearance of the coronavirus landing page on GOV.UK, containing important initial messaging and links to guidance.

Follow along with the GOV.UK coronavirus team's challenges and wins whilst working on the government’s response to the pandemic.

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How rewriting text messages can help services to save money

Posted by: Karl Chillmaid - Senior Content Designer for GOV.UK Notify, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 20 July 2022 - Categories: Digital Service Platforms, GOV.UK Notify, Transformation
A person's hands are holding a smartphone with a notification text on the screen.

GOV.UK Notify helped Leicester City Council to reduce the cost of the messages it sends. All it took was a little content design.

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Building an inclusive culture at the Government Digital Service

Posted by: Tom Read - Chief Executive Officer, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 14 July 2022 - Categories: GDS team, People and skills
Blue slide with 'better culture (arrow) more diversity (arrow) better results (arrow) better culture (arrow) to represent a circle of process

Making GDS a representative, inclusive place is one of our priorities. Our CEO shares why this matters, what our data show and where we'll focus our efforts.

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Why we’ve decided to decommission GOV.UK PaaS (Platform as a Service)

Posted by: Tom Read - Chief Executive Officer, Government Digital Service and Clara Barnett - Deputy Director of Digital Service Platforms, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 12 July 2022 - Categories: Digital Service Platforms
Graphic of a laptop with a blank digital service on the screen. The background is a cloud to represent hosting and a padlock to represent security. This is the logo from the GOV.UK PaaS page on GOV.UK.

Read about why we have decided to decommission GOV.UK PaaS and what we are doing next.

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How GOV.UK Pay is making invoicing easier

Posted by: Miriam Raines - former Product Manager for GOV.UK Pay, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 7 July 2022 - Categories: GOV.UK Pay
A mobile held in someone’s hand. On the phone there is a GOV.UK payment page. The title of the page is ‘Pay a registration fee’ and the invoice and total amount to pay is shown.

Learn about what the GOV.UK Pay team have been doing to improve the functionality of the website to make invoicing easier.

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