The gov.uk app can now be downloaded in public beta format, with further development to follow later in the year.
The gov.uk website is visited 88 million times every month by people looking for information and completing tasks.
With the new gov.uk app, some of these tasks relating to public services can now be completed via a smartphone.
Technology secretary Peter Kyle said: “By putting public services in your pocket, we will do away with clunky paper forms and hours spent on hold so you can immediately get the information you need and continue on with the rest of your day.”
In January 2025, the government announced that it was to launch the gov.uk app by the summer.
While this deadline has been reached with the release of a beta format, the app is incomplete with “new tools and functionality to be added over time”.
Once downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, users can customise the app’s homepage with up to 11 of the services that are relevant to them, such as care...