The Government Village

Shared Services for Government is at the forefront of shaping a smarter, more efficient government through the modernisation of back-office functions across departments. Meet our team to learn more about how our shared service centres are breaking silos and fostering a more responsive, innovative, and efficient government. 

The Shared Services for Government team sits within the Cabinet Office, supporting the government's ambition for a productive and agile state. 

Bio coming soon!

DWP Digital deliver services for the UK’s largest public service department, DWP. We build and maintain user-friendly digital services that enable millions access benefits, job support and pensions. 

We’re the team designing, developing, and delivering the world-class digital services. 

Meet the DWP Digital team to discover how you could use your skills to make a difference to millions of people's lives 

Meet our Innovation Lab team, shaping the future of financial services through experimentation and technology. We pioneer data-driven and responsible AI solutions, leading the FCA's efforts to foster sector-wide innovation. Through our Digital Sandbox, TechSprint, and AI Lab initiatives, we provide a collaborative space for firms, regulators, and technologists to test ideas and co-create solutions for emerging challenges.

Meet our HMRC Innovation team to explore how we’re shaping HMRC’s future through innovation, user-centred design, and making smarter use of technology. Discover how we’re modernising services and driving transformation through bold ideas, inclusive design, and collaborative delivery, making HMRC more responsive, resilient and future ready.

Meet the ICO’s Innovation Services! Delivering on the ICO’s mission to enable innovation and facilitate economic growth by supporting businesses to bring privacy respectful products and services to market more quickly, whilst protecting the public’s personal data. At our pod - you’ll learn which of the ICO’s three Innovation Services are best for you - Innovation Advice, Innovation Hub, and the Regulatory Sandbox.  

Meet the UK Ministry of Justice’s digital and technology team. We design, build, and support user-centred services that improve the justice system for staff and the public. Our teams champion a digital mindset, helping government colleagues embrace technology to solve policy and operational challenges.

Meet experts from our Technology Adoption Group, Evolve portfolio, and Prisons & Probation transformation teams.

MHCLG Digital drives transformative change in housing, communities, and local government. Our teams use innovation, user-centred design, and data to tackle national challenges, from building 1.5 million homes to modernising planning and supporting councils with digital solutions. We pioneer AI for public good and shape policies for the digital age, directly impacting communities across the UK.

Meet our Digital Planning, Local Digital, Data and AI teams to see how we’re building a more efficient, responsive government.

Digital Commercial – buying digital capabilities for Defence across the five domains of air, land, sea, space and cyber. Focused on raising the bar in digital procurement to ensure that Defence procures tomorrow’s technology today and not yesterday’s technology tomorrow.

Join us in driving innovation, forging partnerships, and exploring what’s possible for the defence sector.  Turning bright ideas into decisive advantages.

See how the National Digital Twin Programme is developing the technical framework that enables organisations to share data securely and at scale. Visit our pod to explore two of our demonstrators - IRIS and VISTA, and the Integration Architecture that enables them - and meet the NDTP team to discuss how the tools will help tackle some of the most complex national challenges. 

Discover the UK’s first-of-its-kind Centre for AI in the Public Sector, with a unique focus on advancing AI in local government. Learn about exciting opportunities to partner with Newham’s upcoming AI Ethics Hub and AI Skills Academy for the Public Sector, both designed to drive innovation and build capacity across the sector.