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.
We’ve just launched 37 new content analytics dashboards onto the Performance Platform. We hope they will help people in government departments and agencies see at a glance how their content is performing. This blogpost tells you why we’ve built them, and …
The next GOV.UK content clinic is on Wednesday 28 May, 3pm to 4:30pm at the Department for Transport (DFT). Book a place If you're using Whitehall Publisher to publish content on GOV.UK, this clinic is for you. Go to Eventbrite and choose the …
Government publishers can now more accurately describe to users what’s happened to ‘closed’ organisations. This blogpost tells you how we’ve modelled the changes, and what government publishers should do now. When ‘closed’ isn’t quite right Every now and then, government adjusts …
Loads of changes to GOV.UK to tell you about this time - including a brand-new search. Things we’ve done in the past couple of weeks: the top 10 Released unified search onto the live site (goodbye search tabs!) Added workflow and …
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. One of the principles behind GOV.UK is that users shouldn’t need to know what each government department or agency is responsible …
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. We ran a slightly smaller content clinic this month, due to the Tube strike. But there was still plenty to talk …
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. All content on GOV.UK should start with needs. Before creating a detailed guide, you must specify the user need. We've released …
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. Every now and then, changes need to be made to the list of government ministers on GOV.UK to reflect new appointments. …
We’re shortly releasing an update to GOV.UK search that we are calling ‘unified search’. This update presents search results from all of GOV.UK in a single list, rather than the tabbed page layout separating the ‘Services and information’ content from …
Michael Lyons, a content designer at Defra, writes about finding a workaround for splitting tables containing multiple links in Whitehall Publisher. Creating tables in Whitehall Publisher can, initially at least, be vexing. Particularly as the markdown is (understandably) designed to …
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.