Posts about the digital transformation work GDS and the wider government is undertaking.
The government's new online Visa application service has passed its Digital by Default Service Standard assessment and is ready to go live. In public beta since June last year, the...
...the service again: Make a claim to an employment tribunal. Join the conversation on Twitter, and don't forget to sign up for email alerts. Transcript Make a claim to an...
...ePassport gates at participating UK international ports if they have a biometric passport Making life easier for business travellers helps to keep the UK competitive. And by allowing travellers that...
...don't forget to sign up to email alerts. Transcript: Apply for a UK tourist visa from China - user research case study Home Office user researcher Katy Arnold talks about...
Last week, we held an event: Sprint 15. It marked the culmination of the two-year transformation project that began with Sprint 13, when we made our plan clear: there were 400 days to transform government.
...The people I met down in Newport can see what's wrong, and they're keen to fix it. So work has begun on a new design applications alpha. They’re using agile...
...talk about what comes next. We welcomed guests from France, Estonia and the United States, as well as Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude, Martha Lane Fox, and the...
...and businesses." The emphasis there is on transformation, this is about changing the government to better serve citizens. One of the first items on the DTO's todo list will be...
One of our design principles at GDS is “Make things open: it makes them better.” Since GDS was set up in 2012, working in the open has been a big part of who we are. It’s great for us to …
...on users. From edge cases to hedge cases One of the best things about working in an agile way is that we can iterate on what we’ve built to better...
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The GOV.UK app went live in public beta in July 2025. Find out how to download it for free on GOV.UK.