We’ve decided, with HMRC, to extend our trial of GOV.UK Verify and self-assessment further into this last week before the 31 January deadline. The trial was due to close on 27 January, but we've decided to continue to make it …
We posted in December about our plan for a trial use of GOV.UK Verify to allow people to access HMRC’s self-assessment service. We’re doing the trial on a relatively small scale over a limited period (ending at midnight on 27 …
We posted in October listing some of the services we were expecting to start using GOV.UK Verify between October 2014 and March 2015. This post provides an update on our plans. Four out of the 6 services we listed as starting …
Self-Assessment is the biggest digital transaction by volume of users - each year around 2.8 million people access the service on their own behalf, and another 5.7 million returns are filed by agents. We’re working with HMRC to carry out …
The Contract Notice for the next framework for certified companies (formally known as identity providers) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) earlier this week. For more information about the process, see our post from earlier this week. During this …
GOV.UK Verify has been in public beta since 14 October. One of the services we've been working with is rural payments. We’ve been working with the service and with our certified companies to gather and respond to feedback from early users …
The Contract Notice for the next framework for certified companies (formally known as identity providers) has now been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The procurement documents are also publicly available to download - look under the heading 'Procurements …
We’ve been working to finalise all the documents for the procurement of our next contractual Framework Agreement for certified companies. We’ve now completed all the paperwork and expect the formal Contract Notice to be published in the Official Journal of …
This post is about how certified companies are assured as being safe for people to use as part of GOV.UK Verify. When you use GOV.UK Verify for the first time to access a government service, you'll choose a certified company …
This post is about how we’re going to approach the issue of sub-contractors in our next procurement. It gives an update on our approach based on feedback we received at our market briefing event in October. Full details will be …
