The National Audit Office said universal credit, the £2.4bn
project meant to consolidate six welfare payments into one, has been beset by
"weak management, ineffective control and poor governance". Ministers have already written off £34m
wasted on failed IT programmes for the project run by the Department for Work
and Pensions and may be forced to delay its national launch beyond 2017, the
NAO says. The report was seized upon by
Labour as evidence that Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, has
covered up significant problems that could put welfare claimants and their
families at risk. Liam Byrne, the shadow work and pension secretary, described
universal credit as a "Titanic-sized IT disaster". Download a copy of
the report from the NAO website.
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