From Public Technology with Rebecca Hill
Published: September 05, 2016
This is equivalent to a UK year 9 reading level and is classed as “plain English”, which is what the government specifies all online content should be written in in its Writing for GOV.UK style guide.
“Plain English is mandatory for all of GOV.UK,” the guide states. “This isn’t just a list of words to avoid. Plain English is the whole ethos of GOV.UK: it’s a way of writing.”
