Home Office e-Borders programme set to cost over £1bn without providing the expected benefits - and officials don't seem to care

Sooraj Shah
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The programme is eight years late and is still at least three years away from delivery, says PAC

The Home Office's e-Borders programme will cost more than £1bn, be delivered eight years late, and will still not provide the expected benefits, a damning report by the Public Accounts Committee (P...

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