MPs slam DWP for 'alarmingly weak management' of Universal Credit programme
PAC not convinced that the DWP has robust plans to overcome the issues that have plagued the project's progress
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...
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