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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Looking at 116 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many users found the website and app difficult to navigate, encountering bugs and a generally frustrating experience. The identity verification process was a major source of frustration, with people struggling to confirm details even with valid documents, as the system frequently failed. Customer support was often criticized for being unhelpful, difficult to reach, and providing inadequate assistance. Additionally, people reported issues with specific processes like renewing driving licenses, accessing tax papers, or setting up payroll, often due to technical glitches or restrictive identification requirements.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Had to create an account to renew driving licence online. Terrible process. Going round and round in circles...kept repeating process . Got texted numerous security codes. Need the app which kept aski... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Nightmare to navigate, have to make accounts and download apps to do anything and after scanning documents and scanning my face they can't confirm my identity anyway, this was for both me AND my partn... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely useless. Pretty much sums up what I would expect from uk Govt. As the saying goes, he who expects f all is seldom disappointed. Spent ages going through the whole process to change Driving... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Gov.uk One Account Pity I can't give it -1. Could not confirm my identity despite valid passport and driving licence details being given. Contacting them by phone results in "we can't tell you wh... See more


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I overpaid my taxes

I overpaid my taxes. Trying to get a refund has been problematic. The HM Revenue and Customs website won't accept the data I enter. I have tried several times and have sent four emails to support to try and resolve the problem. Each time I get fobbed off with replies that clearly show my emails have not been properly read. I could not have been clearer in explaining the problem. This is unacceptable.

20 July 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible

Terrible! It’s case sensitive which is annoying when your trying to copy and paste, it’s almost like they are deliberately trying to make it difficult to sign in!

24 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Institutionalised incompetence

This is what institutionalised incompetence looks like. After 35 years of work, I find myself terminally ill.
I applied for the benefits to which im entitled in OCTOBER 2024. It is now JULY 25 and no one can update me on progress.

I'm absolutely certain i will never see a penny after paying tax for 35 years.

I am reliant on food banks and have been unable to afford heating for 3 years

Dwp refuses to respond to complaints and breaches every tenet of its customer charter.

A diabolical disgrace

Perhaps I should leave and come back in on a little boar for the fast-track star treatment.

19 July 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

English people it's so idiots...im 12…

English people it's so idiots...im 12 years in london and still can't take my driver license...after to send million times and diferent ways my prove of identity this idiots still ask stupid questions...so stupid they vote brexit to kick us out and guess what??we still here and more and more people come work...plus the ones already working illegally...stupid and ignorant people

7 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

HMCTS

An absolutely dire service, particularly for litigants in person; perhaps, deliberately so. I bitterly regret issuing proceedings, as there’s literally no service to be had: It’s not possible to telephone my local court and the centralised call service is diabolical. I was waiting for two hours to pay a court fee, only to be cut off. On another occasion, I was told that no assistance could be provided with an urgent matter because it was more than 24 hours until the hearing. I was also told that, if I sent a chasing letter to the court, it would be destroyed. No access to justice means no enforceable rights or standards, as many are now discovering.

2 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unfortunately, your...

The apprenticeship scheme is completely corrupted. They reject your applications based on criteria never mentioned in the advertisement e.g. current location not near enough to job site according to ??someone's liking??.

5 June 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Renewing a driving license is a…

Renewing a driving license is a terrible experience. From my laptop, to my phone, to my laptop again. To then be refused after an hour of trying … come on.. what a waste of time for a terrible website and UX.

28 June 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Driving licence renewal it a ridiculous…

Driving licence renewal it a ridiculous service. Tons of questions and they are not able to verify my identity anyway. In the end I'll go to the post office old style because it's the only thing that works.
Shame on you!

27 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Clearly piss poor

Log in to Land registry failed in spite of using correct email and p/w, which were fine previously. Incapable of sending an email to reset password and when you email them, you get the normal Gov't crap auto reply that they will respond in 5-20 working days.

24 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The driving test system is a disgrace

The driving test system is a disgrace. No available dates for over a year, and we’re being told not to use agents, yet third parties charge extortionate fees just to get a date. It’s emotionally draining, financially unfair, and completely broken. People are being pushed to the edge. I’m a single mum just trying to get on my feet and this is making things worse. DVSA needs to fix this.

21 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disgusting

Disgusting. Don't ever register your company in the UK. They post all of your personal details for the whole world to see. They are totally confused on the concept of how fraud exists. Hence many people are fleeing the UK it's become an incompetent shithole led by men with a smelly penis and women with a stinky vagina, just like everyone else but yhey are just really smelly and stinking out the country.

21 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Starmer and his government are not fit…

Starmer and his government are not fit for purpose absolutely useless 100%
HMRC ALSO USELESS AND DONT BOTHER ANSWERING THE PHONE.
LOCAL COUNCIL JUST AS BAD .
Police force again absolutely useless and don’t solve real crime !!! What hope does our country have when we have the above failing on a monumental scale !!!

7 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely shocking

Absolutely shocking, constantly down on companies house, "problems with this service", retyping the same information over and over, "your password is incorrect" when filling something out I have already logged on to and its asking for it again, how can my password be wrong when I have just logged on with the same password!!!!! upgrade the website for crying out loud...

4 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Been trying to renew driving licence…

Been trying to renew driving licence for 3weeks with GOV.UK ID
Everything fine upload passport etc then get to final check through Experian and I don’t exist
Over 1 hour on phone to your helpline they cannot do anything as Experian do the checks and I will now have to do it at post office
Lived at same address fo over 30 years everyone else can veryfi me why are these not able to useless why have helpline who work from home and keep putting you on hold to find answer from someone else who cannot do anything!!!!

30 May 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

useless

renewing driving licence online. have to go through all sorts of checking passport with rfid, enter a ton of details and boom "identify confirmed", i check it, its all correct, name, dob, address etc, all correct. Then enter the driving licence number with that exact same info to be renewed and tells me it "doesn't match or wrong driving licence number". now am i supposed to drive with an expired licence to a far away post office to renew it?

27 May 2025
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