Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock: government tech 'just not up to it'
GDS will pursue open data use and expand the government-as-a-platform mission to overcome Whitehall's monolithic IT systems

Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock has criticised IT across government, claiming monolithic departmental infrastructures are continuing to hinder efforts to make Whitehall a bastion of interoperable...
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