> Unfortunately, the amount of difference this kind of thing will make is minimal. Not true at all. gov.uk is up and live right now in beta, and I have alread

> Unfortunately, the amount of difference this kind of thing will make is minimal. Not true at all. gov.uk is up and live right now in beta, and I have already used it to look up things about my taxes, some legal stuff for a friend, and visa-related things for a foreign acquaintance. It took no time at all; I put in the general search term, and the top hit is a simple, beautfiul page containing exactly the information I'm looking for, with links to all the resources I might need. Gov.uk is amazingly good. I am a guy who enjoys finding fault, especially in technological matters, but I would not change a thing about the current gov.uk site (except get rid of the beta warning). So no, these principles are not binding for anyone else, but they're already making a difference. I hope that when people see how good government sites can be, they'll start demanding improvement. Either that or gov.uk will eat everyone else's lunch because people prefer to use it.