What is a spending review? It’s no secret that in 2024 there will be a General Election, and after that a spending review. A spending review is how HM Treasury decides how to distribute the total amount of money the …
There were more than 50% of contractors in technical roles when I joined MoJ in April 2018. In a technical workforce of about 200 that’s a lot of contractors. Hiring technical people in government is hard, they said. Let’s find …
What is your role at MOJ? I’m a Content Designer and I’m responsible for creating content across end-to-end user journeys. It’s not just about writing words, it involves working with others to really understand the needs of users and build …
Digital strategies could learn a lot from Winston Churchill’s famous 1940 plea for brevity. In this spirit, I have decided to try to distill our MoJ digital strategy down into one short blog post. Firstly, a note on what our …
My name is Karen Minta. I joined the Civil Service about three months ago as a Business Manager in the Ministry of Justice Digital and Technology team. Carving the discourse surrounding Black British identity has always been a contested feature …
We recently contributed to the ‘Ask users for bank details’ pattern to the GOV.UK Design System, as a team of three: content designer (Amanda Kerry), interaction designer (Adam Silver) and user researcher (Gemma Hutley). Earlier this year, we worked on …
I work in MoJ’s User Centred Policy Design team. In spring 2018, the team and I started to look at the experience of people with legal issues and explore what support they needed to prevent their problems from escalating. This …
To coincide with Mental Health Awareness Day, I wanted to share my personal story. If I were to tell you that I had an illness that affected only 2% of the population, which killed 1 in 10 of those who …
I’m Scott Colfer, Head of Product at MoJ and I’d like to tell you what product management means here. Our specialism is optimising the value of products. We take insights from a multidisciplinary team and look for value in the …
In March 2019 the former Prime Minister announced a new scheme to help with funeral costs for grieving parents who have lost their child. Under the scheme, parents will no longer have to meet the costs of burials or cremations. …
You’ve probably heard quite a lot about social mobility in the last few years. Is social mobility really that much of an issue for MoJ and all of us who work here? For me, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’. …
