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.
Updating the Data Science Ethical Framework
...data to improve services. They are investigating whether they can develop an approach to predicting risk which might enable early intervention. Liz Ridler, Delivery and Evaluation Lead in Public Service...
How GOV.UK Notify is helping the DVSA remind motorists to renew their MOTs
DVSA’s MOT reminder service has just passed its beta service assessment. As the name suggests, the service reminds people that they need to have an MOT test for their...
A user research lab for all of government
...still have another lab available. We’ve added some new functionality to the user research labs, in response to user needs. Research can now be streamed to both internal and external...
We’re iterating the Supplier Standard
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Warren Smith - former Director for the Global Digital Marketplace Programme, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital Marketplace
...Supplier Standard can ensure that the procurement process allows for balanced judgement between a series of factors, including the service offering itself, the quality of the service, the ethics of...
ConCon6: Informative. Engaging. Collaborative.
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Laura Billings - former Communities Lead, Government Digital Service and John-Paul Dickie, Posted on:
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Content design
...the agenda included: using agile teams to test policy options, from Ministry of Justice (MoJ) product management tactics for content designers, from GDS and Home Office problem-solving with design sprints,...
We’ve updated the Technology Code of Practice
...looking forward to working with them again in this next phase of developing the Technology Code of Practice. Read the new Technology Code of Practice and follow GDS on Twitter....
Bringing policy and digital together to deliver contracts
...and Norwich. Helping buyers and suppliers use the new contract Phase 1 of the renewal of the Facilities Management Services framework is due to open for supplier applications in December...
Celebrating diversity: the GDSBAME network on its first birthday
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Leema Ahmed, Samantha Bryant - Delivery Manager for GOV.UK Pay, Government Digital Service, Daniel Sintim and Hemita Bhatti, Posted on:
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People and skills
...Black History Month was also celebrated in GDS for the first time in October. It was a successful month, with a series of activities and events. Black History Month celebrations....
Building the GOV.UK Design System
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Alice Noakes - former Product Manager for GOV.UK Design System, Government Digital Service and Tim Paul - Head of Interaction Design, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Content design
We’ve been developing a new design system for government services. GOV.UK Design System will contain all the styles, components and design patterns that teams in government need to create user-centred digital services.
GDS Academy, HMRC and DWP partner on first cross-university internship scheme
...services." "In the space of 8 weeks I’ve attended the Academy’s Digital & Agile Foundation Course, worked with HMRC and GDS on digital projects in a collaborative Civil Service environment",...
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