Department for Work and Pensions is facing
"meltdown" over three of its biggest projects, Margaret Hodge,
chairman of the Commons public spending watchdog, has said. Ahead of a damning
report on government contracts with private firms, Hodge singled out the DWP as
a department particularly struggling with the delivery of welfare changes,
which involve managing a relationship with private IT contractors, back-to-work
providers and benefit assessors. The public accounts committee report turns up
the pressure on ministers to allow all government contracts to be subject to
freedom of information (FOI) laws and examined by the National Audit Office
(NAO). Read more on the Guardian website.
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