MPs slam Defra over rural payments system
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'A master class in bad decision making' Rushed testing of IT and poor management led to the failure of the single payments scheme for farmers, says a parliamentary report.â¦
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Internet payment system Worldpay is under attack from hackers delaying transaction times for hundreds of online retailers.
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A scheme to assist workers who have lost their pensions cost twice as much to run as it has paid out, an MP claims.
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Defra was to let councils charge for collections but Downing Street killed plan, reports say.
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The Child Support Agency reform was one of the "greatest public administration disasters of recent times," MPs say.
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The Parliamentary Secretariat for Agriculture and Fisheries responded to recent media reports on alleged abuses in the subsidies granted to local farmers to make up for the price differential between CAP ...
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Proposals that people should seek work as part of tenancy agreements derided by MPs
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The Inland Revenue should be allowed to recover tax debts directly from a person's  bank account, MPs say.
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Limits on federal spending will "place rural America at a tremendous disadvantage," say pro-tax senators in rural states.
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Farmers still short changed The Rural Payments Agency still has plenty to do to resolve the IT difficulties it experienced in implementing the EU Single Payment Scheme.â¦
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The Inland Revenue comes under fire after it sent letters to thousands of small business suggesting their tax returns may be incorrect.
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MPs are demanding action after a routine software upgrade at the Department for Work and Pensions left 80% of desktop PCs unable to link to core mainframe-based social security systems.
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MPs urge private finance initiative bosses to get "street wise" over the amounts they are charged for work.
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Local authority named as one of three with worst financial mismanagement in Britain
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MPs say schools being denied open source Nineteen MPs have accused a government agency of restricting the procurement of software in schools.â¦
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Details of MPs travel expenses are published following a two-year battle with Commons authorities.
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U.S. lawmakers wrote to regulators on Monday expressing concern that some banks are processing unsigned checks used by fraudsters seeking to drain money from the accounts of vulnerable people like the elderly.