The short answer is that the native date inputs aren't accessible. They don't work nicely with all assistive technology like JAWS. There's more of a discussion

The short answer is that the native date inputs aren't accessible. They don't work nicely with all assistive technology like JAWS. There's more of a discussion here https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system-backlog/issues/17 https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system-backlog/issu...