Backbytes: A year too late, MPs realise that the UK's smart meters are a waste of money

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MPs finally work out that the UK's Smart Metering Implementation Programme is an expensive waste of time that will be obsolete before its rolled out

Put the word "smart" or the letter "i" in front of anything, and it instantly conveys to the object a veneer of computerisation and intelligence that no one can question - with the possible excepti...

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