Universal Credit IT is getting nowhere, expensively. At least that seems in line with the opinions of the Parliamentary Work and Pensions Committee.
“Despite the millions being spent on the end-state IT solution it is still not clear when the system will be ready or even how it will work. It is still not ready for testing on the first 100 claimants, and we have no indication of when it will be possible to test it on a bigger and more representative group of claimants.”
It it 3 years since Quarkside prophesised doom. It hasn’t quite reached that point, but how close to doom is it? The Committee Chair said:
“The money wasted on Universal Credit so far – £40 million on IT software that now has no use and £90 million on software with a useful life of only 5 years – is a matter of deep regret.”
Perhaps the Grim Reaper should dust his (or her) spectacles and deal a death blow before the tax payers’ regrets increase.
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