Exclusive: Universal Credit programme is one of many DWP failures on the horizon, warns former employee

Sooraj Shah
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Ex-consultant says that projects have been plagued by Department for Work & Pensions lack of planning

The Universal Credit programme, which will waste at least £140m of the taxpayers' money, is one of many Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) projects that are heading for disaster, according to a f...

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