diff --git a/example/src/components/FormCheckboxDemo.tsx b/example/src/components/FormCheckboxDemo.tsx
index 9857f110..1a7ae0d0 100644
--- a/example/src/components/FormCheckboxDemo.tsx
+++ b/example/src/components/FormCheckboxDemo.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { FormCheckbox, CheckboxGroup } from '@capgeminiuk/dcx-react-library';
 
 export const FormCheckboxDemo = () => {
   const [value, setValue] = React.useState('');
-  const [checked, setChecked] = React.useState<boolean>(true);
+  const [checked, setChecked] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
   const handleChange = (event: any) => {
     setValue(event.currentTarget.value);
     setChecked(!checked);
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ export const FormCheckboxDemo = () => {
         onChange={handleChange}
         disabled={true}
       />
+      <h2 id="checkbox-with-error-tag">Checkbox with Error</h2>
+      <FormCheckbox
+        ariaDescribedBy="checkbox-with-error-tag"
+        id="checkbox-4"
+        name="group4"
+        value={value}
+        label="Checkbox 4 label text"
+        onChange={handleChange}
+        isError={!checked}
+      />
+      {checked && (
+        <div style={{ color: 'red', marginTop: '8px' }}>
+          Error: The checkbox is checked!
+        </div>
+      )}
       <h2>Group</h2>
       <CheckboxGroup
         name="name-of-group"
diff --git a/rollup.config-1706545646874.cjs b/rollup.config-1706545646874.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..857c6f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rollup.config-1706545646874.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+'use strict';
+
+Object.defineProperty(exports, '__esModule', { value: true });
+
+var postcss = require('rollup-plugin-postcss');
+var postcssFunctions = require('postcss-functions');
+var postcssImport = require('postcss-import');
+var postcssNesting = require('postcss-nesting');
+var cssnano = require('cssnano');
+var cssnanoPreset = require('cssnano-preset-default');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var glob = require('glob');
+var path = require('path');
+
+function token(name) {
+  const tokens = fs.readFileSync('./src/design-system/tokens.json', 'utf8');
+  const parsedTokens = JSON.parse(tokens);
+  const parsedName = name.replace(/('|")/g, '');
+  return `var(--dcx-${parsedName}, ${parsedTokens[parsedName]})`;
+}
+
+var customFunctions = /*#__PURE__*/Object.freeze({
+  __proto__: null,
+  token: token
+});
+
+const INPUT_FOLDER = 'src/design-system';
+const OUTPUT_FOLDER = 'dist/design-system';
+
+/**
+ * Cleanup dist folder
+ */
+const distPath = path.join(__dirname, OUTPUT_FOLDER);
+if (fs.existsSync(distPath)) {
+  fs.rmSync(distPath, { recursive: true });
+}
+
+function generateTokens() {
+  const presenters = {
+    color: 'Color'
+  };
+  const getHeading = (name) => {
+    const presenter = presenters[name] ? `\t * @presenter ${presenters[name]}\n` : '';
+    return '\t/**\n' +
+      `\t * @tokens ${name}\n` +
+      presenter +
+      '\t */\n';
+  };
+  return {
+    name: 'copy-file',
+    transform(code, id) {
+      return `export const tokens = ${code};`;
+    },
+    generateBundle(opts, bundle) {
+      const files = new Map();
+      for (const file in bundle) {
+        const bundleEntry = bundle[file];
+        files.set(bundleEntry.fileName, bundleEntry.code);
+      }
+
+      Array.from(files.entries())
+        .forEach(([fileName, code]) => {
+          const tokensJson = code
+            .replace('const tokens = ', '')
+            .replace('export { tokens };', '')
+            .replace(';', '')
+            .trim();
+          const parsedTokens = JSON.parse(tokensJson);
+
+          const tokenKeys = Object.keys(parsedTokens)
+            .sort();
+
+          const tokenKeysByCategory = new Map();
+          tokenKeys.forEach(token => {
+            const parts = token.split('-');
+            if (!tokenKeysByCategory.get(parts[0])) {
+              tokenKeysByCategory.set(parts[0], []);
+            }
+            tokenKeysByCategory.get(parts[0]).push(token);
+          });
+
+          let source = ':root {\n';
+          Array.from(tokenKeysByCategory.entries())
+            .forEach(([category, tokenKeys]) => {
+              const cssTokens = tokenKeys
+                .map((tokenKey) => `\t--dcx-${tokenKey}: ${parsedTokens[tokenKey]};\n`)
+                .join('');
+              source = source +
+                getHeading(category) +
+                cssTokens;
+            });
+          source = source + '};';
+
+          this.emitFile({ type: 'asset', fileName, source });
+        });
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+
+const getBaseConfig = () => ({
+  input: `${INPUT_FOLDER}/input.css.json`,
+  output: {
+    file: `${OUTPUT_FOLDER}/input.css`,
+    format: 'es'
+  },
+  plugins: [
+    postcss({
+      modules: false,
+      extract: true,
+      plugins: [
+        postcssImport(),
+        postcssNesting(),
+        postcssFunctions({
+          functions: {
+            ...customFunctions
+          }
+        }),
+        cssnano(cssnanoPreset())
+      ]
+    })
+  ]
+});
+
+const config = glob.sync(`${INPUT_FOLDER}/*.css`).reduce((acc, file) => {
+  acc.push({
+    ...getBaseConfig(),
+    input: file,
+    output: {
+      file: file.replace(`${INPUT_FOLDER}/`, `${OUTPUT_FOLDER}/`),
+      format: 'es'
+    }
+  });
+  return acc;
+}, [
+  {
+    input: `${INPUT_FOLDER}/tokens.json`,
+    output: {
+      file: `${OUTPUT_FOLDER}/tokens.css`,
+      format: 'es'
+    },
+    plugins: [generateTokens(),]
+  }
+]);
+
+exports.default = config;
diff --git a/src/common/components/commonTypes.ts b/src/common/components/commonTypes.ts
index 170d4e92..68c2034b 100644
--- a/src/common/components/commonTypes.ts
+++ b/src/common/components/commonTypes.ts
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ export type FormRadioCheckboxProps = {
    * specifies an optional className for the item
    */
   itemClassName?: string;
+  /**
+   * specifies whether there is an error with the input.
+   */
+  isError?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type HintProps = {
diff --git a/src/formCheckbox/FormCheckbox.tsx b/src/formCheckbox/FormCheckbox.tsx
index 5afb370b..985d077d 100644
--- a/src/formCheckbox/FormCheckbox.tsx
+++ b/src/formCheckbox/FormCheckbox.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { FormRadioCheckboxProps } from '../common/components/commonTypes';
 import { CheckboxRadioBase, Roles } from '../common';
+import { classNames } from '../common/utils';
 
 export const FormCheckbox = ({
   id,
@@ -23,10 +24,28 @@ export const FormCheckbox = ({
   inputClassName,
   labelClassName,
   itemClassName,
+  isError
 }: FormRadioCheckboxProps & {
   onChange?: (event: React.ChangeEvent, conditional?: string) => void;
-}) => (
-  <CheckboxRadioBase
+  isError?: boolean;
+}) => {
+  const containerClasses = classNames([
+    itemClassName,
+    { 'dcx-checkbox-container--error': isError },
+  ]);
+  
+  const checkboxClasses = classNames([
+    inputClassName,
+    { 'dcx-checkbox-checkbox--error': isError },
+  ]);
+  
+  const labelClasses = classNames([
+    labelClassName,
+    { 'dcx-checkbox-label--error': isError },
+  ]);
+  
+   return (
+      <CheckboxRadioBase
     type="checkbox"
     id={id}
     role={Roles.formCheckbox}
@@ -46,8 +65,9 @@ export const FormCheckbox = ({
     selected={selected}
     hint={hint}
     nested={nested}
-    inputClassName={inputClassName}
-    labelClassName={labelClassName}
-    itemClassName={itemClassName}
-  />
-);
+    itemClassName={containerClasses}
+    inputClassName={checkboxClasses}
+    labelClassName={labelClasses}
+      />
+    )
+  }
diff --git a/src/formCheckbox/__test__/FormCheckbox.test.tsx b/src/formCheckbox/__test__/FormCheckbox.test.tsx
index 97d2fbe1..6913c545 100644
--- a/src/formCheckbox/__test__/FormCheckbox.test.tsx
+++ b/src/formCheckbox/__test__/FormCheckbox.test.tsx
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ describe('FormCheckbox', () => {
 
     const label: any = container.querySelector('#my-label');
 
-    expect(label.className).toBe('my-label-class');
+    expect(label.className.trim()).toBe('my-label-class');
   });
 
   it('should style the checkbox item', () => {
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ describe('FormCheckbox', () => {
 
     const checkbox: any = container.querySelector('#checkbox-item');
 
-    expect(checkbox.className).toBe('my-checkbox-class');
+    expect(checkbox.className.trim()).toBe('my-checkbox-class');
   });
 
   it('should style the checkbox input', () => {
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ describe('FormCheckbox', () => {
 
     const input: any = container.querySelector('#input-item');
 
-    expect(input.className).toBe('my-input-class');
+    expect(input.className.trim()).toBe('my-input-class');
   });
 
 
@@ -495,4 +495,66 @@ describe('FormCheckbox', () => {
     const firstItemEl: any = screen.getByRole('link');
     expect(firstItemEl.href).toBe('http://localhost/link');
   });
+
+  it('should apply error styling when isError is true', () => {
+    const handleChange = jest.fn();
+
+    const { container } = render(
+      <FormCheckbox
+        id="myId"
+        name="group1"
+        value="choice 1"
+        label="my label"
+        onChange={handleChange}
+        isError={true}
+      />
+    );
+
+    const checkboxContainer = container.querySelector('.dcx-checkbox-container--error');
+    const checkbox = container.querySelector('.dcx-checkbox-checkbox--error');
+    const label = container.querySelector('.dcx-checkbox-label--error');
+    
+    expect(checkboxContainer).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(checkbox).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(label).toBeInTheDocument();
+    
+  });
+
+  it('should not apply error styling when isError is false', () => {
+    const handleChange = jest.fn();
+
+    const { container } = render(
+      <FormCheckbox
+        id="myId"
+        name="group1"
+        value="choice 1"
+        label="my label"
+        onChange={handleChange}
+        isError={false}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(container.querySelector('.dcx-checkbox-container--error')).toBeNull();
+    expect(container.querySelector('.dcx-checkbox-checkbox--error')).toBeNull();
+    expect(container.querySelector('.dcx-checkbox-label--error')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('should not apply error styling when isError is not provided', () => {
+    const handleChange = jest.fn();
+
+    const { container } = render(
+      <FormCheckbox
+        id="myId"
+        name="group1"
+        value="choice 1"
+        label="my label"
+        onChange={handleChange}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(container.querySelector('.dcx-checkbox-container--error')).toBeNull();
+    expect(container.querySelector('.dcx-checkbox-checkbox--error')).toBeNull();
+    expect(container.querySelector('.dcx-checkbox-label--error')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/stories/FormCheckbox/ClassBased.stories.js b/stories/FormCheckbox/ClassBased.stories.js
index 4b5833f8..c73a7826 100644
--- a/stories/FormCheckbox/ClassBased.stories.js
+++ b/stories/FormCheckbox/ClassBased.stories.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { FormCheckbox } from '../../src/formCheckbox/FormCheckbox';
 import { useArgs } from '@storybook/preview-api';
+import '../govUkStyle.css'
 
 /**
  * In this section we're using the checkbox component providing the **GovUk style** passing the relative `className.      
@@ -289,4 +290,5 @@ export const SmallCheckbox = {
     defaultChecked:false,
   },
   argTypes: { onChange: { action: 'changed' } },
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+
diff --git a/stories/FormCheckbox/Documentation.mdx b/stories/FormCheckbox/Documentation.mdx
index 992c1430..ab426b59 100644
--- a/stories/FormCheckbox/Documentation.mdx
+++ b/stories/FormCheckbox/Documentation.mdx
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ An example with all the available properties is:
   inputClassName="inputClassName"
   labelClassName="labelClassName"
   itemClassName="itemClassName"
+  isError={true}
 />
 ```
 
diff --git a/stories/FormCheckbox/UnStyled.stories.js b/stories/FormCheckbox/UnStyled.stories.js
index d322cda2..a3cccc3b 100644
--- a/stories/FormCheckbox/UnStyled.stories.js
+++ b/stories/FormCheckbox/UnStyled.stories.js
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ export const Unstyled = {
         console.log(conditional);
         return;
       }
-      setArgs({ value: evt.currentTarget.value, selected:  evt.currentTarget.checked});
+      setArgs({ 
+        value: evt.currentTarget.value, 
+        selected:  evt.currentTarget.checked,
+        isError: true
+      });
       setTimeout(() => setArgs({ isLoading: false }), 2000);
     };
     return <FormCheckbox {...args} onChange={checkboxHandler} />;
@@ -40,7 +44,8 @@ export const Unstyled = {
       type: 'text',
       id: 'checkbox-6',
       inputId: 'input-6',
-    }
+    },
+    isError: false
   },
   argTypes: { onChange: { action: 'changed' } },
 };
diff --git a/stories/liveEdit/FormCheckboxLive.tsx b/stories/liveEdit/FormCheckboxLive.tsx
index 55569beb..840d553a 100644
--- a/stories/liveEdit/FormCheckboxLive.tsx
+++ b/stories/liveEdit/FormCheckboxLive.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function FormCheckboxDemo() {
    
   const [value, setValue] = React.useState('');
   const [checked, setChecked] = React.useState(false);
+  const [isError, setIsError] = React.useState(false)
   const handleChange = (event, conditional) => {
     if (conditional) {
       console.log(conditional);
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ function FormCheckboxDemo() {
     }
     setValue(event.currentTarget.value);
     setChecked(event.currentTarget.checked);
+
+    setIsError(event.currentTarget.checked && event.currentTarget.value === '');
+
   };
   return (
     <FormCheckbox
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ function FormCheckboxDemo() {
       }}
       selected={checked}
       nested={false}
+      isError={isError}
       inputClassName="inputClassName"
       labelClassName="labelClassName"
       itemClassName="itemClassName"