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GOV.UK
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Screenshot of gov.uk's landing page as of 2 May 2023
Type of site
Government information
Available in2 languages
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List of languages
English and Welsh
OwnerHM Government
Created byGovernment Digital Service
URLgov.uk
CommercialNo
RegistrationNo
Launched1 February 2012; 14 years ago (2012-02-01)
Current statusOnline
Content license
Crown copyright
Open Government Licence

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gov.uk (styled on the site as GOV.UK) is a United Kingdom public sector information website, created by the Government Digital Service to provide a single point of access to HM Government services. The site launched as a beta on 31 January 2012,[1][2] following on from the AlphaGov project. The website uses a modified digital version of the Transport typeface called New Transport. It officially replaced Directgov and the online services of Business Link on 17 October 2012. As of January 2023, GOV.UK is the second-most-used government website worldwide, after Russia's Gosuslugi.[3][4]

The website was planned to replace the individual websites of hundreds of government departments and public bodies by 2014. By 1 May 2013, all 24 ministerial departments had their URLs redirected to gov.uk. As of March 2022, GOV.UK hosts pages for 23 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments, and over 410 agencies, public corporations, and other public bodies.[5]

History

The first ministerial departments and other organisations moved to the Inside Government section of gov.uk on 15 November 2012.[6] On 12 December 2012, a further three departments migrated, bringing the total of ministerial departments to six out of a total of 24.[7] By 1 May 2013, all 24 ministerial departments, as well as UK embassies around the world, had transferred to gov.uk.[8]

On 16 April 2013, gov.uk won Design of the Year 2013 at the Design Museum awards.[9] The Government Digital Service has also won a D&AD "Black Pencil" award for their work.[10] In 2019, gov.uk won a D&AD "Wood Pencil" award for its Step-by-Step digital design pattern.[11]

In 2018, the Government Digital Service introduced the GOV.UK Design System, with the intention of having styles, components, and patterns in a centralised location to support government departments in utilising GOV.UK.[12]

On 19 February 2024, gov.uk updated their logo to reflect the depiction of the crown as the Tudor crown used by King Charles III in his cypher and coat of arms.[13] The logo was further changed in June 2025, raising the dot and changing its colour to cyan as part of wider changes to gov.uk's branding.[14] Estimated to cost £532,000, the change was criticised by some media outlets as being wasteful,[15] but was defended by branding and design outlets.[16][17]

Alphagov

Alphagov was the project name of the experimental prototype website built by the Government Digital Service, which was launched on 11 May 2011 by the Cabinet Office.[18][19] The website was open for public comment for two months in order to judge the feasibility of a single domain for British Government web services.

Launched in response to the report by Martha Lane Fox, Directgov 2010 and Beyond: Revolution Not Evolution,[20] published in November 2010, Alphagov sought to act as a proof of concept for the way citizens could interact with the government through a series of useful online tools that were more useful than published content alone.

As well as improving the 'citizen experience' of using government web services online, the project also identified the potential for £64 million in yearly savings on the central government's annual £128 million web publishing bill.[21] The initial consultation period was completed in June 2011. A beta version was then created, which led to the launch of GOV.UK.[22]

Login

The Government Gateway is gradually being replaced by GOV.UK One Login.[23]

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gov.uk service portal opens for public testing". BBC News Online. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Introducing the beta of GOV.UK". 31 January 2012.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Портал государственных услуг Российской Федерации". www.gosuslugi.ru. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Website Rankings". www.similarweb.com. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Departments, agencies and public bodies". gov.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Heywood, Jeremy. "Launching Inside Government". Government Digital Service. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The new home on the web for FCO, MOD, BIS and AGO". Government Digital Service. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  8. ^ Williams, Neal (30 April 2013). "24 departments later". Government Digital Service. gds.blog.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wainwright, Oliver (16 April 2013). "'Direct and well-mannered' government website named design of the year". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Writing for Design / Writing for Websites & Digital Design". D&AD. Gov.uk.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."GOV.UK step by step journeys". D&AD. dandad.org.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Noakes, Alice; Hupe, Amy (22 June 2018). "Introducing the GOV.UK Design System - Government Digital Service". gds.blog.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hand, John; Aikman, Ian (19 February 2024). "King Charles' crown appears in change of logo on government's gov.uk website". BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."GOV.UK brand guidelines". gov.uk. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.de Wolfe, Danielle (2 July 2025). "'A guiding hand, for life': Civil servants spend £500k on GOV.UK full stop with 150-page dossier detailing dots' correct use". LBC. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.May, Tom (23 June 2025). "Everyone calm down, designers didn't get paid half a million to move a dot". Creative Bloq. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vit, Armin (1 July 2025). "GOV at First Sight". Brand New. UnderConsideration. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Government launches single government website prototype". Cabinet Office. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Warman, Matt (30 March 2011). "Work begins on Alphagov single government website". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Directgov 2010 and Beyond: Revolution Not Evolution". Cabinet Office. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rawlinson, Kevin. "New government web domain to save £64m, but at what cost?". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alpha.gov.uk to become beta". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Using your GOV.UK One Login". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 December 2024.

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