'Outdated, inefficient, expensive': Defra's ageing IT systems putting services at risk, MPs warn

Michael Holder
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Defra's IT and administrative systems 'at constant risk of failure or cyber attack', according to Public Accounts Committee

Defra is putting England's air quality, food safety, and water supplies at risk thanks to "outdated, inefficient, expensive" IT systems that are "at constant risk of failure or cyber-attack", MPs have...

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