Learn about our plans for GOV.UK Chat, the AI-powered chat system we’ve built as an easier, quicker way to interact with government.
We looked at the analytics for topic pages recently, and noticed some issues that we wanted to address, including a relatively high bounce rate. Topics give an overview of government activity in a particular area, and provide a browse route …
This is the first one of a series of blog posts to help you with your agency's transition by explaining some of the content principles of GOV.UK in practical terms. The first one is about how to avoid blurb in …
Here are the most significant things we’re working on in GOV.UK Departments and Policy this sprint: Social sharing buttons. We're going to add sharing buttons for social media (specifically Facebook and Twitter) onto consultations, news articles, speeches and world location news articles. We …
Since GOV.UK launched we've been grappling with something: how should we treat content that doesn't affect many people but could affect anyone? It wasn’t a huge deal at first, since we generally handed off to third-party sites for details. We …
There’s lots to be grateful for when you work at a dynamic, pacy place like the Government Digital Service. But one thing I particularly love about being a GOV.UK transition manager is the opportunity I get to meet lots of …
The majority of problems reported by users on the departments and policy section of GOV.UK are about bad links. In the last couple of days, we've added validation checks to make sure all links created using markdown in the departments …
...created and retrieved for editing. Publishers in ministerial departments will want to read this post closely so they understand how this works now. What's changed Previously, the main overview page...
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. A simple ‘how-to’ guide on understanding basic page level metrics on GOV.UK. Use it to understand how your content is performing …
We've recently published some draft guidance on how to request campaigns on GOV.UK. We'd like your help to make it better. A clearer GOV.UK campaigns offer Read the draft guidance The new draft guidance is based around the campaign offer …
We’ve created some new materials for you to use in communications about your transition to GOV.UK. Campaign posters and a graphic in 3 sizes promote a new campaign page - www.gov.uk/movingtogovuk - that provides context about the transition and gives …
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.