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  • Home Office user researchers join working group

    20 July 2026

    Home Office user researchers have joined the Reuse Library working group to help ensure the website continues to evolve based on the needs of digital teams across the public sector. Find out more about their research plans and the different ways you can get involved. Read the ‘Design once, reuse everywhere’ blog .

  • Research participants needed for the GOV Reuse Library

    20 July 2026

    You can take part in research to help inform and improve the GOV Reuse Library. We have a cross-government team of user researchers carrying out regular research to ensure the GOV Reuse Library meets the needs of digital teams across the public sector. Sign up to take part in GOV Reuse Library research .

  • Keyword search now live on the GOV Reuse Library

    29 June 2026

    You can now search the GOV Reuse Library’s digital assets much faster using our new search box. While work on our AI-powered search prototype continues, this new feature reduces browsing time. Simply enter a keyword, like ‘autocomplete’, ‘dropdown’ or ‘table’, and select from a list of results that take you straight to the relevant resource. The search feature means you no longer need to scroll down the GOV Reuse Library homepage to search individual government design websites. “This is the first version of our search and we aim to bring further improvements in the coming months to make it more intelligent and useful,” says developer Sandhya Buddharaju. Use the Contribute page to share your feedback, including suggestions for improvements. Try keyword search on the GOV Reuse Library .

  • GOV Reuse Library showcased during Services Week 2026

    29 June 2026

    Watch the GOV Reuse Library team’s workshop on the library and the new AI search prototype. This interactive session begins with an introduction to the GOV Reuse Library, followed by an exploration of user needs. Watch the GOV Reuse Library Services Week 2026 session .

  • AI-powered search could ‘lower costs across the public sector’

    18 June 2026

    The GOV Reuse Library’s AI-powered search prototype “aims to address a common public sector challenge where government teams repeatedly build design components, service patterns and guidance from scratch because they cannot locate existing work developed by other departments”, according to UKAuthority, a specialist public sector IT news provider. Read the UKAuthority article about the GOV Reuse Library AI search prototype .

  • AI search prototype takes centre stage at UX Scotland

    11 June 2026

    The GOV Reuse Library team, working with the Ministry of Justice and Red Hat, showcased a new AI-powered prototype at this year’s UX Scotland conference. The proof of concept enables users to search across government design systems using natural language and was made available for three days, allowing attendees to test the tool and share their feedback. View the GOV Reuse Library talk on the UX Scotland programme .

  • What people are saying about the GOV Reuse Library AI search prototype

    10 June 2026

    The GOV Reuse Library’s new AI search prototype is creating quite a buzz. The feature was made available temporarily in June for the UX Scotland conference. In just three days, it recorded 621 searches. The prototype is still a work in progress, but comments left in our feedback survey have been encouraging:

    • “Please keep going with this, it’s really useful”
    • “Keep up the great work!”
    • “Really great start!”
    • “Overall this is a great concept and would be very useable for our designers. Great work.”
    • “I love the idea of this but it will rely on the underlying data being organised in a way that will produce meaningful and full results.”

  • Finding reusable components without knowing their names

    4 June 2026

    During a four-week exploration with Red Hat, the GOV Reuse Library team tested how people could find components and patterns across government design systems without needing to know what they were called. The proof of concept allowed people to describe the problem they were trying to solve in their own words and returned potentially relevant reusable resources. Read about our exploration of problem-based search .