The Government Transformation Strategy 2017 to 2020
...departments to share platforms, components, code and best practice. The collaboration across departments that brought the 2017 strategy into being is the start of what we hope will be a...
What you can learn from making data user-centred
...difficult to keep it up to date. Out of date data can lead to a poor service experience. So data specialists advocate fetching data from reliable sources using automated services...
Getting the apprenticeship service through private beta
...GDS to get the apprenticeship service to this stage and how we’ll incorporate feedback in public beta. The apprenticeship service Apprenticeships raise skill levels and deliver strong returns for the...
Service Toolkit: everything you need to build a service in one place
...very simple way of doing this. Building with the Government as a Platform principle The Service Toolkit currently features links to: standards: the Digital Service Standard, the Technology Code of...
Growing technical writing across government
...depending on which teams need help and work with technology experts to produce accessible, accurate content. As I type this, I’m sat with a content designer to my left and...
Making policy an integral part of digital delivery teams
...essence, the digital transformation of services relies on making policy an integral part of digital delivery teams and vice versa. This is pretty unique to government. So GDS, along with...
Exploring how government services get made
From a user’s point of view, the definition of a government service is simple: it helps you do something. But how services are designed and made across government is far...
2016 on the GDS blog
...Doing the hard work to make accessibility simple In May, Alistair Duggin blogged about the work he’d started on making GOV.UK accessible. He explained how he wanted to ensure people...
Introducing the next stage of the Service Manual
The Service Manual helps people across government build better services and prepare for service assessments. We've spent the past year updating the content and design of the manual. Here is some more detail on our most recent updates.
Polishing our medal content: a cross-government project
The GOV.UK content team has been working with the Ministry of Defence Medal Office and Directorate of Defence Communications to improve the medals content on GOV.UK. GOV.UK is where serving and previous armed forces personnel, and some civilians can find out if they’re eligible, and how to apply.
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Download the GOV.UK App
The GOV.UK app went live in public beta in July 2025. Find out how to download it for free on GOV.UK.