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ARTICLE · 20 JANUARY 2011

Public Sector Tech: Game Over or New Opportunity?

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In 2010 the new coalition government announced its plans for £6.2bn spending cuts in the current financial year. George Osborne anticipated that approximately £95m of those cuts could be achieved through reductions in IT spending.

United KingdomMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
Frank Jennings
Frank Jennings
Kimberly Wells
Kimberly Wells

In 2010 the new coalition government announced its plans for £6.2bn spending cuts in the current financial year. George Osborne anticipated that approximately £95m of those cuts could be achieved through reductions in IT spending. A further £1.7bn savings were to be made by delaying or culling existing government contracts and projects.

We've seen some of Labour's key tech projects – including the controversial ID cards scheme and associated National Identity Register – face the axe, while others, such as the NHS National Programme for IT, have been drastically scaled back. New IT contracts are being capped at £100k and the government is looking to renegotiate existing contracts where possible.

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