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A new computer system used to process benefits payments has been scrapped at a cost to the taxpayer of £141m, the BBC has learned.
The IT project, key to streamlining payments by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), was quietly axed at an internal meeting last month.
The project had been central to delivering savings of more than £60m for the DWP by 2008.
It is the latest in a long series of computer problems for the government.
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It has now "refocused" on developing a new system for a single benefit, the planned employment support allowance.
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A new computer system used to process benefits payments has been scrapped at a cost to the taxpayer of £141m, the BBC has learned.
The IT project, key to streamlining payments by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), was quietly axed at an internal meeting last month.
The project had been central to delivering savings of more than £60m for the DWP by 2008.
It is the latest in a long series of computer problems for the government.
blah blah
It has now "refocused" on developing a new system for a single benefit, the planned employment support allowance.
Double Oh Dear
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