Whitehall wastes Â£2bn on abandoned IT projects
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Guardian survey reveals cost to the taxpayer of abandoned computer projects since 2000
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Architect of budget increase criticises the inadequate return the investment has yielded.
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A computer screen upgrade has crashed 80,000 government terminals at the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK. EDS and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) were blamed.
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IT firm Accenture pulls out of key parts of a beleaguered Â£6.2bn upgrade of the NHS computer system.
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By ROBBIE DINWOODIE CHIEF SCOTTISH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT  A GBP14M computerisation project completed by Scottish Enterprise last year is to be scrapped in favour of a new system costing GBP7m, prompting an MSP to demand an investigation by ministers.
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Millions of pounds set aside by the UK government for e-learning is not being spent, say experts.
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One of the biggest computer failures in Whitehall's history causes chaos at the work and pensions department.
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The Government will give Â£1.7bn to London Underground to cover the failure of private maintenance firm Metronet.
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At least Â£3.5m was wasted in the failed attempt to set up a university in Belfast, a government watchdog says.
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By David Hughes  Civil servants have been ordered to destroy documents about expensive Government IT projects, it was claimed yesterday.
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The Budget Office and the case of the disappearing public interest
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Chips in bins which help councils charge for rubbish collections could be common across the UK in two years.
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Two-thirds of network shut down in dispute over job security and pensions.
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Business & money: The government dilutes its stake in the company to fund a nuclear clean-up.
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How the Interior Department managed to lose about $2 billion of the public's money. Can this mess be cleaned up?
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A Â£141m computer system used to process benefits payments is scrapped, the BBC learns.
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The British government has admitted its ambitous database project could cost millions to maintain.