Case studies

A look at 6 projects across UK government services - the messy middles, what I did in them, and what came out the other side.

Creating clarity when priorities kept changing

Designing a high-volume government payment service under tight delivery constraints.

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GOV.UK start page for checking eligibility for a targeted retention incentive payment for further education teachers
Impact£591K paid to FE teachers
OrganisationDepartment for Education
WhenFeb 2024 - Oct 2024

Making complex information easier to manage

Designing a simpler way to manage changing financial arrangements throughout their lifecycle.

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Upload reinsurance repayment profile screen in the GIFT service
FocusUser flows
OrganisationUKEF
WhenJan 2026 - Aug 2026

Bridging the gap between design and development

Running a ways-of-working session with developers that changed how design work gets structured, demoed, and trusted.

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Illustration of designers and developers collaborating on a digital product

Image from UX Republic

FocusWays of working
OrganisationDepartment for Education
WhenNov 2024 - Dec 2024

Turning a paper claims form into a service that works

Redesigning an 8-year-old digital replica of a paper form into a service built around caseworkers and providers.

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Providers claim and caseworkers assess non-standard magistrates’ court payments
FocusAccessibility
OrganisationLegal Aid Agency
WhenAug 2022 - Feb 2024

Turning a year of deferred UX improvements into a prioritised backlog

Using a design optimisation approach to unblock stalled work at UKEF.

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Design optimisation log in the GIFT prototype
FocusDesign debt
OrganisationUKEF
WhenJan 2026 - Aug 2026

Using analytics to challenge assumptions about a registration service

Used analytics to identify where teachers dropped out of National Professional Qualification registration, then worked with policy to test three funding-eligibility concepts.

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NPQ discovery board showing analytics-led session paths after users hit ineligible for funding
FocusAnalytics
OrganisationDepartment for Education
WhenNov 2024 - Dec 2025