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.
Publications, news articles and other documents in the government section can now be tagged directly to relevant topics, instead of the topic being inferred automatically via policies. This is a significant change, so publishers in government organisations may want to …
...look into how we might make improvements to reduce the risk and impact of cache-based misadventures. After lots of thoughtful and thorough analysis (about which we will blog separately) we...
Usually, users want to see the latest and most up to date information on a given policy, announcement, consultation etc. But they may also want to know how it has changed. We have this information, because our publishing tool requires …
On 23 July, GOV.UK released the latest version of its homepage: As Stephen McCarthy explained in his post, this revision followed the move of many more organisations to GOV.UK. We wanted to help users find information from government departments more …
Yesterday's release included a new feature to let publishers know the status of uploaded files while they are scanned for viruses. When publishers attach a file to a document, they...
I am a member of the GOV.UK User Support team, responsible for improving the [government-only] support form (found at https://www.gov.uk/support/internal). Back in April, we described the process for removing content from the frontend. To make this process easier, we have now added …
...to overwrite existing attachments with the same filename; fixes for Welsh language translation of the Wales Office homepage, among other things As ever, you can see the stories for yourself...
We keep hearing from our editors that you'd like a more flexible document series. At the moment, you can add a title and a summary to a document series, but the documents themselves are automatically grouped by content type and …
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. Historically, government websites didn't make life easy for historians. When departments...
Reviewing detailed guides Before we begin the agency transition, GDS has been reviewing the detailed guidance format. We’ve looked closely at the performance data, talked to departments about how they use it, and carried out user testing to see how …
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.