The government’s recent review of major projects revealed
that the flagship Universal Credit welfare programme will cost nearly six times
more than previously billed. The DWP
said Universal Credit will cost £12.8bn – not the £2.2bn figure that has
previously been claimed – because it needs to run existing benefits in parallel
as it brings in the new scheme. The Cabinet Office Major Projects Authority
Annual Report revealed the whole-life cost of Universal Credit to be £12.8bn,
over £10bn more than DWP said it would cost when it put the programme before
Parliament in 2010. Read more on the
Computer Weekly website.
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