The code is available on GitHub, you can see for yourself. It's mostly written in a customised markdown variant called Govspeak[0]. You appear to be jumping to

The code is available on GitHub, you can see for yourself. It's mostly written in a customised markdown variant called Govspeak[0]. You appear to be jumping to ridiculous conclusions. Decisions on how we deliver content are made on the back of a huge amount of research. It's more accessible than it's ever been, other governments and organisations are following our lead. To suggest PDF, ODF or other crippled, inaccessible, OS-constrained formats over HTML - something everyone can read with any of their devices - shows you need to do more research before posting your ill-informed views. [0] https://github.com/alphagov/govspeak https://github.com/alphagov/govspeak Edit: Also, web page have plenty of other advantages. Indexed by every search engine, bookmarkable/shareable headings. What other medium offers that?