'£34m wasted' on welfare reform
Government attempts to set up its flagship Universal Credit scheme have not achieved "value for money" and have already wasted £34 million, according to a damning report by the National Audit Office.
Government attempts to set up its flagship Universal Credit scheme have not achieved "value for money" and have already wasted £34 million, according to a damning report by the National Audit Office.
Labour's Shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne has described the Universal Credit scheme as a "Titanic-sized IT disaster" and accused the Work Secretary Iain Duncan Smith of a cover up.
Mr Duncan Smith swore blind this benefit shake-up was fine.
Now we learn he has completely lost control of his department at a potential cost of hundreds of millions of pounds.
Liam Byrne will speak about this on Daybreak later this morning
Government attempts to set up Universal Credit scheme have already wasted £34 million according to a damning National Audit Office report.
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