We’re exploring how the application programming interfaces (APIs) that deliver content for GOV.UK could evolve to better support an experience spanning multiple digital channels. Find out what we’re doing and why we want to understand more about our users.
...structured in our use of this data, so we've created a simple analytics report. It shows activity in the apps, focusing on how they are used by government publishers. This...
At the recent Content Conference we ran a session with editors in government to help them better understand how product decisions are made in GOV.UK. We received a lot of positive feedback from content designers saying that they found the insights …
This post is about a recent incident on the GOV.UK website. For more information on incidents on GOV.UK, you can check the status of the GOV.UK site or read more...
We've blogged about how we're bringing our different subject taxonomies together and allowing content designers to tag with a single topic, describing what the content is about. We also have to work out how to present topic pages to users …
...who are working on our Technical Support team for the week. They’re there specifically to provide support and to deal with problems on the site. When something has gone wrong,...
...And it makes you recognise your own assumptions as a content designer. At the GOV.UK content conference beta, I ran a session to tell the content community about some guerrilla...
...rent property from 1 February 2016. we’ve also updated 3 pieces of mainstream content private renting, check tenant right to rent documents and penalties illegal renting and added a homepage...
In this guest post, Amanda McMahon of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) talks about working with subject matter experts (SMEs) to improve GOV.UK content and user engagement. Towards the end of last year, I started thinking about improving content …
...a better description for what we do than 'proposition managers'. Second, in response to a number of requests, we’ve created a new inbox for GOV.UK enquiries. It’s the place to...
Why is the topic taxonomy important? We want users to be able to find related content across government about a particular topic via a single browse structure. This is central to the vision for improving navigation on GOV.UK, as Ben …
The GOV.UK app went live in public beta in July 2025. Find out what’s been happening, and what’s coming next, on the GDS blog.