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One of the worst blunders ever seen on Whitehall saw a 'cost-cutting' computer system end up spouting answers in German and leaving taxpayers with a bill of more than £80million.
A damning report from MPs today accuses the Department for Transport of 'stupendous incompetence' in its management of a multi-million pound efficiency drive.
It said a programme to save £57million in administration costs had instead left taxpayers facing an £81million bill.
Workers were left struggling with an IT system that issued messages in German, wrongly recorded that staff were off sick and randomly confiscated staff holidays.
The programme, based in a Swansea office which manages human resources, payroll, and finance support for the department, was supposed to cost £55million and produce £112million of savings - an overall economy of £57million.
However, the department now admits that the programme will cost £121million and produce savings of just £40million, resulting in an overall cost to the taxpayer of £81million.
Tax money well spent, as usual.
One of the worst blunders ever seen on Whitehall saw a 'cost-cutting' computer system end up spouting answers in German and leaving taxpayers with a bill of more than £80million.
A damning report from MPs today accuses the Department for Transport of 'stupendous incompetence' in its management of a multi-million pound efficiency drive.
It said a programme to save £57million in administration costs had instead left taxpayers facing an £81million bill.
Workers were left struggling with an IT system that issued messages in German, wrongly recorded that staff were off sick and randomly confiscated staff holidays.
The programme, based in a Swansea office which manages human resources, payroll, and finance support for the department, was supposed to cost £55million and produce £112million of savings - an overall economy of £57million.
However, the department now admits that the programme will cost £121million and produce savings of just £40million, resulting in an overall cost to the taxpayer of £81million.
Tax money well spent, as usual.
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