MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have slammed the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) for "alarmingly weak management" and a "shocking absence of control" in its handling of the Universal Credit welfare programme. The project, ...
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HMRC has been slammed for being "unduly complacent" about the roll-out of the Real Time Information (RTI) system crucial to the Universal Credit programme, according to an official report. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is concerned ...
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) CIO Philip Langsdale is overseeing a major overhaul of the department's flagship Universal Credit programme, according to senior Whitehall sources. The Universal Credit programme, which aims to ...
The IT underpinning the government's flagship £2.2bn Universal Credit programme is again being called into question, with reports that the project is now a year behind schedule and £100m over budget due to software issues. The ...
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Malcolm Whitehouse, programme director for the government's £2.2bn Cinitiative, has stepped down from the role. Whitehouse is to be replaced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits director Hilary Reynolds and will ...
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