Torfaen saga ends ahead of time and £4m under budget

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Original £14m funding package reduced to just £9.8m as laptops and wireless kit deployed ahead of 'challenging' schedule

A Welsh council involved in a two-year IT procurement saga has finally deployed its share of the controversial laptops and wireless kit ahead of the "challenging" time restraints placed on it by We...

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