Government needs to fire suppliers who waste 'billions of pounds' on failed projects, says former DWP employee

Sooraj Shah
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There are no SLAs in place and confusion as to who the customer is, says ex-consultant

The government doesn't fire enough of the big name suppliers who have wasted "billions of pounds" on failed IT projects, a former Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) employee has claimed. The...

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