[Stubbs]

To be fair to the DWP, this is their old site.

One of the things the British Government is doing properly at the moment is their digital strategy, their new web site gov.uk has won multiple awards.

If you go to the DWP's home page it does tell you it's an old site, and should probably redirect, but it's unfair to criticise something that's not the current implementation. Most of the links from that front page go to the new gov.uk version, and I guess you'd have to work hard to find that error page if it wasn't already bookmarked.

[ZeroGravitas]

It doesn't redirect because this is the only way to apply online for "Attendance Allowance (AA), Disability Living Allowance (DLA adult and child), Overseas State Pension – if you are a non-UK resident (including Channel Islands)".

You can download a PDF to mail in from the nice new site, but if you want to do it online the new site will direct you back here.

(Not wanting to seem harsh, some things are being done well, but let's not get carried away and forget all the many, many things that are still truly dreadful and need fixed.)

[UVB-76]

DWP are in the process of transitioning to their new gov.uk site. It's all well and good criticising their old website, but what do you propose they do about it? Transition to a new site? That's exactly what they're doing.

[kokey]

I find it quite ironic since I see being confined to IE as having a disability. It almost serves to me as an inspiration to keep myself intact.

[stevejalim]

This is the DWP homepage if you come via http://gov.uk:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-w...

As a Brit, the new Gov.uk site makes me feel very proud, even though I had nothing to do with it. :o)

[edoloughlin]

This prompted me to check my own government's main site (gov.ie). While not as slick, it does have pointers to a Citizens' Information site (http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/) and a simple, but useful page listing many common tasks, ordered by verb (http://www.gov.ie/services/).

[mbesto]

As an American in the UK who constantly needs to find information about living here, it reduces massive amounts of frustration. Good on ya lads!

[hobolobo]

I can't speak for their digital strategy but their universal jobmatch site is abysmal. A truly awful piece of work.

https://www.gov.uk/jobsearch

[UnoriginalGuy]

I think you're seriously over-stating how bad it is.

I mean it was designed to be used on a touch-screen interface by people of all ages, they're going to have to lose some functionality for that alone.

[RossM]

That's just redirecting to the old Directgov/Jobcenter site, which I've always felt was quite good at what it did. It might not be the prettiest, but it's not awful.

[mattwritescode]

I agree this, was an interesting thing to find.