Improvements to the footer component

[36degrees]

The footer has a number of (~minor) layout issues that are hard to address without making changes to the markup. It also has a number of hardcoded English strings which we should address, aligning with supporting multiple languages.

Some of these fixes will involve making breaking changes.

We should also review the backlog entry for the Footer component to see if there are any other outstanding issues we should be looking to address.

Stories

Should

• Improve the layout options for the footer component. #1726
• Footer layout isn't aligned with content layout #1539

Could

• Long text in footer columns do not wrap #1647
• Safari alignment issue with Footer list containing odd number of items #1284

Not prioritised yet

• Add ability to override or remove OGL logo in Footer #1291
• Provide guidance on when you should include or remove the OGL attribution in the footer govuk-design-system#1173
• Add ability to override or remove Crown Copyright in Footer #1290
• Provide guidance on when you can/should remove crown copyright from the footer govuk-design-system#1175
• Investigate when hidden 'Support Links' heading in footer is helpful #1763
• Improve colour contrast of Crown Copyright logo #2134

Done when

• Review from GOV.UK Publishing before releasing

[DouglasCaven]

The new version of the Axe Review accessibility tool has highlighted a potential issue suggesting the ‘Crown copyright’ logo in the footer must have sufficient colour contrast. The failure is actually the logo and the colour of text passed and thought it should be noted.