Join us for Services Week 2026
Join us for Services Week 2026
Services Week 2026 will run from 29 June to 3 July. Learn about this year's theme and how to get involved.
Podcast: On writing
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Sarah Stewart - former Senior Writer, Government Digital Service and Angus Montgomery - Strategy Advisor, Central Digital and Data Office, Posted on:
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Podcast, Ways of working
GDS senior creative writers Angus Montgomery and Sarah Stewart discuss the role of writers in government and how clear writing can help people to do their jobs better. If you’re asked to write a blog post, opinion piece or presentation, here are Angus and Sarah’s 10 tips for clear writing.
Emerging techies: Summer Diversity interns at GDS
...is fantastic at what it does – whether it’s modelling agile working, building products or upskilling civil servants through the GDS Academy. I’ve had a number of valuable opportunities while...
How we started the 'Muslims at GDS' community
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Dilwoar Hussain - Senior Frontend Developer, Government Digital Service and Arfah Farooq, Posted on:
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People and skills
...of simple questions which I found difficult asking as a new starter, such as “where is the prayer room?” or “where is the closest mosque?”. I was new to the...
Back to the future: realising the strategy for innovation
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Sue Bateman - Deputy Director for Innovation, Central Digital and Data Office, Posted on:
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Technology, Transformation
...open data, data ethics and data sharing and – while I was there – brought in the Codes of Practice to make the data sharing powers in the Digital Economy...
Why you should set up a service community
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Kuba Bartwicki - Lead Designer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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People and skills, Ways of working
...up their own community. There is guidance to help you do this in the Service Manual. Here are the benefits that setting up a service community can bring. Connect with...
Engaging UK suppliers in the Global Digital Marketplace Programme alpha phase
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Chantal Donaldson-Foyer and Warren Smith - former Director for the Global Digital Marketplace Programme, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Global Digital Marketplace
...research, service design and agile working skills and experience. We’ll also look to bring a user-centred approach to procurement practice by working with users to design new routes to market...
GOV.UK Verify’s role in HMRC’s highest Self Assessment peak
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Kirsty Armstrong - former Engagement Lead, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK One Login
...including its Personal Tax Account, which the Self Assessment online service is part of. This service helps people manage their taxes, and alongside submitting your tax return, you can control...
How we organise monthly mental wellbeing Q&As for GDS staff
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Ben Carpenter - former Assisted Digital & Digital Take Up Lead, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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People and skills, Ways of working
...keeps everything in one place. Guidance similar to that listed here is also included in one of the tabs in the spreadsheet, as guidance for curators. Keep an eye on...
Moving forward our work on identity assurance
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Lisa Barrett - former Director for Digital Identity, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK One Login
GDS Director of Digital Identity Lisa Barrett gives an update on our work on identity assurance, including a call for evidence on how to organise the digital identity market.
Learning to code at GDS
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Hong Nguyen - Delivery Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service and Richard Towers - Head of Software Engineering for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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People and skills
...a ‘learn to code’ beta, and many GDS colleagues help out with codebar (which GDS occasionally hosts). In the community, initiatives like codebar, Rails Girls, Django Girls and Node Girls...
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