Pocket, Pavement, Platform: Government in the App Store and on the High Street

The illusion of pocket-sized government Life in 2025 is mediated by thumbnails. The Family Group Chat, social media, mortgages, season tickets, commute planning, music, telly, groceries, takeaways you name it and it ll be sat behind a colourful little square. Little wonder that ministers want to compress their red boxes into that same form factor. Last week we had the GOV.UK App promise “ public…