[blackhaz]

Can somebody please tell Barclays their 3DS widget is never redirecting back to the seller when transaction has been approved on user's device?

In fact, the sheer amount of systems not working correctly in Britain is astonishing. Feels like the whole country is falling apart.

[sd9]

Counterpoint: gov.uk is widely regarded as one of the best government websites in the world

[nomel]

I'm always curious how much these sorts of things costs each citizen, per year, from a more wholistic view?

[sd9]

Let's do some maths.

There are 35,000,000 taxpayers [1], 70,000,000 citizens [2]. Say there are 5,000 people responsible for gov.uk and that each are paid £80k/year.

    Total budget: 5000 * £80k = £400M
    Cost per taxpayer per year: £400M / 35M = £11.43
    Cost per citizen per year: £400M / 70M = £5.71

This source [3] cites projected GDS budget for 2026 as £420M. Previous years have been £273M (2025), and £256M (2024). So the fag packet calculations are not far off.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-tax-liabilit... [2] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populati... [3] https://www.publictechnology.net/2025/07/14/government-and-p...