I wish I had the facility to scan news paper items. Yesterday the 6th, The Times had a lovely piece on Universal Credit poses serious security risk, spies tell No 10.(1) Experts working for GCHQ the government listening agency contacted Downing Street in alarm after being "fobbed off" by the DWP over security flaws in the benefits program. millions of people could be hacked The system will not be operational until 2022 at the earliest. GCHQ involvement on delaying UC is revealed in a report by the Institute for Government into how the welfare reform program went disastrously wrong. The report says that it still remains to be seen if UC will eventually work.
Blazing rows between George Osborne and Iain Duncan Smith in front of civil servants. "I have not seen two grown adults have such a row for a long time ," one official said.
Blazing rows between George Osborne and Iain Duncan Smith in front of civil servants. "I have not seen two grown adults have such a row for a long time ," one official said.
IDS allegedly told one civil servant that he would not back down even when the plan was failing. There is a reference to a small number of jobcentres where UC is in operation major problems have emerged . A quarter of claimants face "significant issues" with the system. Councils had to take on extra staff as CAB couldn't cope.
The report reveals the GCHQ officials went to No.10 after being repeatedly "fobbed off '. as they tried to establish what security measures were in place. After which the Cabinet Office ordered an independent review. The review team interviewed staff , assuring them that what they said would not be traced back to them. The report said that under every stone was chaos. People burst into tears. One of the suppliers said " just don't put this thing online.". It is a complete security disaster. There was no way this could be launched as digital service.
IDS was ordered to put back the launch. Nick Thimmins , who wrote the report, said that. "There are elements of the policy that are still not entirely clear. Huge challenges remain."
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