At GDS, you will repeatedly hear that meeting user needs is the defining principle behind GOV.UK. There are a number of data sources that help us design and iterate the products we are building, including data from internal systems.
All of the editorial content on GOV.UK is available in full via an API. It's the same API we use to communicate between the editorial tools and the apps that produce the pages you see. As I said several months …
...of the little language decisions we’ve made around the edges of the site. Our first decision was to distinguish between the language of the core editorial content of the site...
Later this month we will unveil another bit of our GOV.UK beta - the element that explains the work and workings of government. This is intended to replace the many separate sites run by government organisations, simplifying things for people …
...services, e.g. DVLA offices and Sure Start Centres 6. Calendars: As we blogged earlier we have updated the bank holidays section with Matthew Somerville’s code. Please keep the feedback coming!...
...downloaded the code for that particular page from our open source code repository, and then corrected the code and uploaded the changes to GitHub. He submitted a pull request (ie...
...more, and then email it to the address given at the end of the Person Specification. Make sure you get it in before the closing date! What happens next When...
The Government's Digital Champion, Martha Lane Fox and Tom Loosemore, who is leading on the development of this phase of GOV.UK, were invited on to BBC News today to introduce...
...Open Government License.Thanks to @harrym for suggesting this. 4. We’ve fixed errors related to kml (which is for location and mapping) 5. We’ve updated the copy on the inheritance quick...
...Mike Bracken, HMG Executive Director for Digital said, our aim is to deliver simpler, clearer, faster services for users and savings and innovation for Government. This journey started with Martha...
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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.