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operation between May 2016 and April 2023. The system was intended to provide a single trusted <a href="/wiki/Login" title="Login">login</a> across all British government digital services, verifying the user's identity in 15 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-CW_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It allowed users to choose one of several companies to <a href="/wiki/Identity_verification_service" title="Identity verification service">verify their identity</a> to a standard level of assurance before accessing 22 <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">central government</a> online services.<sup id="cite_ref-Merrett160217_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Merrett160217-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office</a> started work on the system in 2011, when it was known as the Identity Assurance Programme (IDAP).<sup id="cite_ref-CW_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A private <a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#BETA" title="Software release life cycle">beta</a> phase began in February 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> moving into public beta on 14 October 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system was declared live on 24 May 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2018, it was announced that the responsibility for digital ID policy had moved from GDS to the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Digital,_Culture,_Media_%26_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport">Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport</a>. Responsibility for development and rollout of GOV.UK Verify remained with GDS.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certified_companies">Certified companies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Certified companies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Third-party companies were responsible for carrying out identity verification within the scheme. The first five companies – known as <a href="/wiki/Identity_provider" title="Identity provider">identity providers</a> (IdPs) – that signed up to provide the service through a tender issued by the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Department for Work and Pensions</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were the <a href="/wiki/Post_Office_Limited" title="Post Office Limited">Post Office</a>, <a href="/wiki/Verizon" title="Verizon">Verizon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Experian" title="Experian">Experian</a>, Digidentity and Mydex CIC.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a further tender issued by the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office</a> in 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Barclays" title="Barclays">Barclays</a>, <a href="/wiki/GB_Group_(UK)" title="GB Group (UK)">GB Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morpho_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Morpho (company)">Morpho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mail" title="Royal Mail">Royal Mail</a> became certified companies.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While Mydex CIC participated in the original tender process, it did not go on to become a certified GOV.UK identity provider.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, Verizon was temporarily<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then permanently<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> removed from the list of certified providers. </p><p>In October 2018, GDS announced that five of the seven identity providers – Barclays, Digidentity, Experian, Post Office and <a href="/w/index.php?title=SecureIdentity&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SecureIdentity (page does not exist)">SecureIdentity</a> – had signed contracts for a further 18 months.<sup id="cite_ref-cunnington_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cunnington-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Users of Citizensafe from <a href="/wiki/GB_Group_(UK)" title="GB Group (UK)">GB Group</a> and Royal Mail's identity service would be able to continue using their GOV.UK Verify identity for twelve months, but would need to set up a new account through one of the other five companies.<sup id="cite_ref-cunnington_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cunnington-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 March 2020, Barclays stopped providing new GOV.UK verify digital identities,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and both SecureIdentity and Experian subsequently also pulled out of providing identities for both new and existing customers.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This left only two providers: Post Office and Digidentity. The Post Office depended on Digidentity infrastructure to operate as an identity provider.<sup id="cite_ref-idpspullout_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idpspullout-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Level_of_assurance">Level of assurance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Level of assurance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GOV.UK Verify certified companies had to verify customers' identities to level 2 as defined by the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/identity-proofing-and-verification-of-an-individual">Good Practice Guide 45</a> published jointly by <a href="/wiki/Government_Communications_Headquarters#CESG" class="mw-redirect" title="Government Communications Headquarters">CESG</a> and the Cabinet Office. This level of identity assurance is intended to be sufficient to support a <a href="/wiki/Lawsuit" title="Lawsuit">claim in a civil court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_connected_services">List of connected services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of connected services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following 22 services were connected to GOV.UK Verify as of January 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Service</th> <th>Service provider </th></tr> <tr> <td>Total Reward Statements / Manage your NHS Pension</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NHS_Business_Services_Authority" title="NHS Business Services Authority">NHS Business Services Authority</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Get your State Pension</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Department for Work and Pensions</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sign your mortgage deed<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/HM_Land_Registry" title="HM Land Registry">HM Land Registry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Disclosure and barring service</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vehicle Operator Licensing</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Driver_%26_Vehicle_Standards_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency">Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Personal tax account</td> <td><a href="/wiki/HM_Revenue_%26_Customs" class="mw-redirect" title="HM Revenue & Customs">HM Revenue & Customs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Check your income tax</td> <td>HM Revenue & Customs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Renew your short term medical driving licence</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Driver_%26_Vehicle_Licensing_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency">Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Report a medical condition that affects your driving</td> <td>Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency </td></tr> <tr> <td>Check your state pension</td> <td>Department for Work and Pensions, HM Revenue & Customs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Universal Credit Digital Service</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Department for Work and Pensions</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Help your friends or family with their tax</td> <td>HM Revenue & Customs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Claim a tax refund</td> <td>HM Revenue & Customs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Self Assessment tax return</td> <td>HM Revenue & Customs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Claim for redundancy payment</td> <td>Insolvency Service </td></tr> <tr> <td>View or share your driving licence information</td> <td>Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rural Payments</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Environment,_Food_%26_Rural_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs">Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>PAYE for employees: Company car</td> <td>HM Revenue & Customs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Social Work England Identity</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education" title="Department for Education">Department for Education</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Teacher Student Loan Reimbursement Scheme</td> <td>Department for Education </td></tr> <tr> <td>Add a driving licence check code to your mobile phone</td> <td>Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency </td></tr> <tr> <td>Defence Cyber Protection Partnership</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>By October 2022, only five of those services were still using Verify:<sup id="cite_ref-GovUK_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GovUK-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <td>Sign your mortgage deed</td> <td>HM Land Registry </td></tr> <tr> <td>Disclosure and barring service</td> <td>Home Office </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vehicle Operator Licensing</td> <td>Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rural Payments</td> <td>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Add driving licence check code to your mobile phone</td> <td>Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_beyond_central_government">Use beyond central government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Use beyond central government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GDS worked with <a href="/wiki/Local_government#United_Kingdom" title="Local government">local authorities</a> from 2015 to pilot the use of GOV.UK Verify by local government.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local government services piloted as of July 2017 included applying for <a href="/wiki/Concessionary_Bus_Travel_Act_2007" title="Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007">free bus passes</a> and '<a href="/wiki/Blue_badge" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue badge">blue badge</a>' disabled parking permits.<sup id="cite_ref-eidas_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eidas-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Private_sector">Private sector</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Private sector"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the outset, GDS had intended the use of GOV.UK Verify to be extended to the private sector. While work was underway in 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this was still not in place in October 2018 when the GDS head Kevin Cunnington announced that "GOV.UK Verify is now mature enough for us to take it to the next stage – opening it up beyond the public sector for the private sector to take the lead".<sup id="cite_ref-cunnington_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cunnington-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cunnington announced that five of the identity providers had signed contracts for a further 18 months, after which the scheme would not receive further funding from government. The development of the scheme would instead be in the hands of the private sector.<sup id="cite_ref-cunnington_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cunnington-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NHS">NHS</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: NHS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GOV.UK Verify was one of the options considered by the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a> for its citizen identity solution.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2018, the NHS announced that it was pursuing its own app-based solution, but was looking for a way to enable people who have a GOV.UK Verify account to use it to log in to NHS systems.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International">International</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Work was underway to enable non-British citizens to access the service from September 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-eidas_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eidas-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>GOV.UK Verify was designed to allow interoperability with the ID schemes of other EU states, as part of the <a href="/wiki/EIDAS" title="EIDAS">eIDAS</a> scheme. On 28 August 2018, GOV.UK Verify took its first step towards enabling British residents to use their GOV.UK Verify account to log on to online public services in other EU countries.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scheme was 'notified'<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Technical_language" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style"><span title="The material near this tag may be using jargon that limits the article's accessibility. (January 2020)">jargon</span></a></i>]</sup> on 2 May 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GOV.UK Verify did not meet various targets that GDS set for it:<sup id="cite_ref-fishenden_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fishenden-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The platform was originally due to launch in 2012, but did not do so until 2016.</li> <li>The success rate in verifying individuals was 47% as of October 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>It does not meet all the identity requirements of government departments, such as identifying intermediaries or businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-fishenden_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fishenden-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Infrastructure_and_Projects_Authority" title="Infrastructure and Projects Authority">Infrastructure and Projects Authority</a> (IPA) reviewed Verify in July 2018, noting the department's reluctance to continue funding the project, with another report later that year recommending that the identity assurance programme should be terminated.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2018, <a href="/wiki/Jo_Platt" title="Jo Platt">Jo Platt</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Minister">Shadow Minister</a> for the Cabinet Office, said that £130 million had been spent on developing GOV.UK Verify.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Evolution_and_closure">Evolution and closure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Evolution and closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2018, GDS announced that over the next 18 months they would be working with standards bodies, identity providers and the private sector to:<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Make the standards easier to follow and use</li> <li>Accept more types of identity evidence</li> <li>Remove barriers to reuse of digital identities across the public and private sector</li> <li>Make better use of government data to help people prove who they are online</li> <li>Open up the market based on a standards-based approach</li></ul> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Computer_Weekly" title="Computer Weekly">Computer Weekly</a></i> expressed concern over this approach in August 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-idpspullout_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idpspullout-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2020, funding for GOV.UK Verify was extended by 18 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-techuk_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techuk-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2020, trade association <a href="/wiki/TechUK" class="mw-redirect" title="TechUK">TechUK</a> criticised the Government's progress since 2019 as being slow and opaque.<sup id="cite_ref-techuk_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techuk-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2021, the platform was extended by a further two years.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/HMRC" class="mw-redirect" title="HMRC">HMRC</a> ceased to use Verify, which had been available for a limited number of online services in parallel with <a href="/wiki/Government_Gateway" title="Government Gateway">Government Gateway</a> sign-in, with effect from April 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 October 2022, it was announced that Verify would be closed, with no new accounts created from mid-December 2022 and all Verify services closed in April 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-GovUK_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GovUK-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Government Digital Service is developing a replacement service, the One Login For Government.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=GOV.UK_Verify&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_identity" title="Digital identity">Digital identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_authentication" title="Electronic authentication">Electronic authentication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federated_identity" title="Federated identity">Federated identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Gateway" title="Government Gateway">Government Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Identity_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Identity management">Identity management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Strategy_for_Trusted_Identities_in_Cyberspace" title="National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace">National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace</a> (US equivalent initiative)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Identity_Exchange" title="Open Identity Exchange">Open Identity Exchange</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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