'Whitehall, we have a problem with 21 major IT projects,' warns Major Projects Authority

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And four of them are on code red, as MPA releases annual report, but goes all coy over Universal Credit

Twenty-one major IT projects have been flagged as problematic, while four are mired in disaster, in the Major Project Authority's (MPA) latest annual report. According to its colour coding, four...

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