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GOV.UK Digital driving licence coming this year

The UK government is launching a GOV.UK Wallet and App to simplify access to services and documents like digital driver’s licences, alongside reforms to public sector technology to save £45 billion and drive efficiency and growth.

A GOV.UK Wallet will see government-issued documents available on your phone, starting with a Veteran Card and an early version of digital driver’s licence later this year Coming this summer, a new GOV.UK App will make using government services - like applying for childcare or reporting a lost passport – far easier and in tune with modern life New tools come alongside a shakeup to how the public sector will build, use and fund technology projects, following a report identifying £45 billion in efficiency savings and plan to use tech in public sector to turbocharge growth and deliver our Plan for Change Crucially, the new GOV.UK App will remember users’ activity to offer a more convenient, and personalised experience of interacting with government, with future additions also set to include an AI-powered chatbot, GOV.UK Chat, ways to make payments and receive timely notifications and reminders about services that matter to them. When people first open the government’s new app this summer, they will be able to build a personalised homepage of the services most useful to them by answering a handful of simple questions - for example, if you own a car you can opt to see information about getting an MOT or applying for road tax - brought to them by a brand they already know and trust, GOV.UK.

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