GOV.UK footer Change history
| Date | Changed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | GOV.UK Frontend v6.0.0 | Removed rebrand feature flag. Changed containing HTML element from |
| Jan 2026 | GOV.UK Frontend v5.14.0 | Added option to remove content licence information. |
| Jun 2025 | Guidance | Added guidance on how the GOV.UK brand refresh impacts the Footer. |
| May 2025 | GOV.UK Frontend v4.10.0 | Updated background colour from grey to light blue to align with the refreshed GOV.UK brand. Added GOV.UK logo to the Footer. Added blue border to the top of the Footer. Updated Royal Arms crest to use the same colour as text. |
| May 2025 | GOV.UK Frontend v5.10.1 | Fixed licence link reflowing on focus in Safari browsers. |
| May 2025 | GOV.UK Frontend v5.10.0 | Updated background colour from grey to light blue to align with the refreshed GOV.UK brand. Added GOV.UK logo to the Footer. Added blue border to the top of the Footer. Updated Royal Arms crest to use the same colour as text. |
| Oct 2024 | GOV.UK Frontend v5.7.0 | Updated Royal Arms to use crest with Tudor crown. Updated licence description text wrapping. |
| Oct 2024 | GOV.UK Frontend v4.9.0 | Updated Royal Arms to use crest with Tudor crown. |
| Mar 2024 | GOV.UK Frontend v5.3.0 | Removed redundant |
| Jan 2024 | Guidance | Added guidance on consistently linking to help pages in the Footer. |
| Apr 2023 | GOV.UK Frontend v4.6.0 | Added thicker underline hover states to Footer links, as the Chromium browser bug previously affecting hover states was resolved. |
| Aug 2022 | GOV.UK Frontend v4.3.0 | Added option to localise Open Government Licence and copyright notice content. |
| May 2022 | Guidance | Added links to information on privacy notices, cookie pages and accessibility statements. Clarified guidance on copyright and licensing information. Added advice on when to use secondary navigation. |
| Dec 2021 | GOV.UK Frontend v4.0.0 | Fixed sections being misaligned with the grid system. Updated component to make sections default to full width when there are two sections, replacing the previous two-thirds and one-third layout. Added Updated Open Government Licence logo in the Footer to hide the logo from screen readers. |
| Sept 2021 | GOV.UK Frontend v3.13.1 | Fixed Open Government License logo not being visible in forced colours mode. |
| May 2021 | GOV.UK Frontend v3.12.0 | Added underline to Crown copyright link. Removed thicker underline hover states from Footer links because of a bug with links in columns in Chromium browsers. |
| Jan 2020 | GOV.UK Frontend v3.5.0 | Added underlines to links, to make it clear that they’re clickable. |
| Sept 2019 | GOV.UK Frontend v3.1.0 | Updated component so that sections default to a two-thirds and one-third column layout when there are two sections. |
| Jul 2019 | GOV.UK Frontend v3.0.0 | Updated focus style to comply with WCAG 2.1. |
| Jun 2019 | GOV.UK Frontend v2.13.0 | Added ability to override visually hidden support links using the |
| Jan 2019 | GOV.UK Frontend v2.6.0 | Fixed centering of the component’s container in Internet Explorer 8. |
| Sept 2018 | GOV.UK Frontend v2.1.0 | Added ability to pass additional content to the Added ability to pass additional attributes to links within the Footer. |
| Jun 2018 | GOV.UK Frontend v1.0.0 | Component introduced. |