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How GOV.UK Pay grew to processing £8 billion in transactions

GOV.UK Pay £8 billion. Showing GOV.UK Pay screen on an iPad and a mobile phone

How GOV.UK Pay grew to processing £8 billion in transactions

Since launching in 2016 GOV.UK Pay has now processed £8 billion in card payments online and over the phone. Here we look at how we’ve used data to grow the product to this milestone.

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How we’re developing an innovation strategy for government

Posted by: Izzy Watson, Posted on: 9 November 2018 - Categories: Digital strategy
Oliver Dowden sitting at a table and talking

We're developing an innovation strategy to help government use emerging technologies in the right way to address the right problems. Here's how we're engaging with industry partners as we do this.

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Digital Marketplace turns 4: what we've achieved

Posted by: Warren Smith - former Director for the Global Digital Marketplace Programme, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 6 November 2018 - Categories: Digital Marketplace
An image saying Digital Marketplace and the number 4, with confetti around it

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cO19RmxJdI Do the hard work to make things simple The Digital Marketplace wants to make it easier for suppliers to work with the public sector. We’ve worked to help this...

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Visit GDS at the Public Sector Show Manchester

Posted by: The GDS Team, Posted on: 5 November 2018 - Categories: Events, GDS team
The GDS stand offering digital advice surgeries at the Public Sector Show earlier this year

...look forward to seeing you there! Public Sector Show Manchester will be held at Manchester Central on Tuesday 20 November 2018. Register for tickets and follow @Public_SectorUK for more information....

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Take part in the first Services Week

Posted by: Martin Jordan – former Head of Service Design, GDS, Posted on: 2 November 2018 - Categories: Events, Service design
3 GDS posters which say: Services Week 2019, 28 Jan to 1 Feb, will be taking place across the country. Get involved and contribute your event to the agenda

The first cross-government Services Week will be held in January. Learn more about what we'll be doing and how you can contribute and participate.

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Digital transformation: from cinema to government

Posted by: Fiona Deans - former Chief Operating Officer, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 26 October 2018 - Categories: GDS team, Transformation
Fiona Deans standing in he GDS office

...I am eager to start improving the internal processes here so that everyone can spend more time on GDS’s great work on digital transformation. Diversity After having worked in digital...

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GDS Academy: Expanding our international reach with the Canadian government

Posted by: Beverley Smith, Posted on: 22 October 2018 - Categories: People and skills, Ways of working
Beverley Smith standing in front of a screen, leading a GDS Academy class with 8 delegates in Ottawa

...our international journey, in particular the visit from a Canadian government delegation where they attended our Hands on Agile for Leaders course, which led directly to this new collaboration. What...

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Building a better GOV.UK, step by step

Posted by: Sam Dub - Senior Product Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service and Gabrielle Acosta - former Senior Content Designer, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 17 October 2018 - Categories: Content design, GOV.UK, Service design
A screenshot of the Apply for your first provisional driving licence step by step page

As GOV.UK marks its sixth birthday, we look at how step by step navigation on the site is making things better for users.

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Taking GOV.UK Verify to the next stage

Posted by: Kevin Cunnington - former Director General, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 11 October 2018 - Categories: Digital Service Platforms, GDS team, GOV.UK One Login, Transformation
A screenshot of the GOV.UK Verify start page

The standards and guidelines that currently underpin the way GOV.UK Verify works will now be opened up to the private sector to build on. Here's how that will work.

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Marking World Mental Health Day at GDS

Posted by: Helen Nickols and Ben Carpenter - former Assisted Digital & Digital Take Up Lead, Government Digital Service, Posted on: 10 October 2018 - Categories: GDS team, People and skills
Mental Health posters saying "Its ok to ask for help", "Its ok to not be ok" and "Its ok to talk about mental health".

Some of the Mental Health Network posters around GDS Today is World Mental Health Day and at the Government Digital Service (GDS) we’re joining in with a number of activities...

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Defra’s experience running a GovTech challenge

Posted by: The Smart Waste Tracking Team, Posted on: 5 October 2018 - Categories: Digital strategy

...prepared to cater for lots of interest in your challenge. Find out more about the GovTech Catalyst. Read more about how to submit a challenge and the challenge selection criteria....

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