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pcernie

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UK cuts £6.7bn more than planned

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18744757

I already have too much vodka in me for that data :oops:

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Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:26 pm

ShockWaffle

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Re: UK cuts £6.7bn more than planned

So that's how much they've been wasting every year on failed IT projects for the last decade or two.

Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:58 pm

davrosG5

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Re: UK cuts £6.7bn more than planned


	ShockWaffle wrote: So that's how much they've been wasting every year on failed IT projects for the last decade or two.

Not necessarily. The question is whether or not this reduction represents an actual saving or if departments have reigned in planned spending in the short to medium term (for example by reducing maintenance and extending equipment replacement time lines).

It's only a saving if the long term effect is a saving and not just a stalling tactic (something the MOD is/was very well know for and which actually costs a lot more in the long run).

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Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:30 am

brataccas

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Re: UK cuts £6.7bn more than planned


	pcernie wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18744757 I already have too much vodka in me for that data

probalby the same amount of vodka you've pissed? 6.7 billion litres of it :shock:

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Re: UK cuts £6.7bn more than planned

brataccas wrote:


	pcernie wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18744757 I already have too much vodka in me for that data

probalby the same amount of vodka you've pissed? 6.7 billion litres of it :shock:

No, that would be the Coke...

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Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:06 pm

l3v1ck

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Re: UK cuts £6.7bn more than planned

Is that all?

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