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Government spends £2.3bn a year on patching outdated IT systems, report finds

Cabinet Office report warns UK government could spend up to £22bn over the next five years on outdated legacy systems

05 August 2021 • 2 min read

Government spends £2.3bn a year on patching outdated IT systems, report finds

The UK government spends almost half of its total IT budget on patching outdated IT systems, a recent report has found. A Cabinet Office report called Organising for Digital Delivery has found t...

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