Roadmap
This roadmap shows what we’re working on and planning to do.
Some things on the roadmap might change – the purpose is to tell you what’s coming up and help service teams prepare and plan their own work.
See our GitHub team board for more details on our plans and day-to-day activities.
Last updated 10 October 2024.
Recently shipped
We’ve released GOV.UK Frontend v5.7.1 with updated department colours.
Previously, we’ve released GOV.UK Frontend v5.7.0, which includes an update to the Royal Arms in the GOV.UK footer. We’ve also added new features to help services create their own components using GOV.UK Frontend.
We’ve also recently:
- introduced a new Service navigation component and published a new pattern to Help users to navigate a service
- updated the list of organisations and brand colours
- added a new feature to stop long words from ‘breaking’ out of components
- improved how the Breadcrumbs component appears on screen readers
- fixed some alignment issues with Radio buttons and Checkboxes
- introduced new features to help you include only the components your service uses
- introduced a new ‘Password input’ component
- updated the crown in the header, favicon and social share images
- updated the components, patterns and styles to be compliant with WCAG 2.2
- made it easier for teams to understand what’s changed in WCAG 2.2 and what they need to do
Working on now
We’re:
- making the guidance around form design and validation easier to find
- working out how the Design System might need to change when used for pages embedded in apps using web views
Coming up next
We’re getting ready to:
- improve the way we organise technical documentation on the website
Future plans
We plan to:
Need help?
If you’ve got a question about the GOV.UK Design System, contact the team.