Seems pretty reasonable for what it is and it’s scope if it hits the fan tbh.
That seems like a reasonable figure for years of development and ongoing work on a large national project, and this is a classic case of ‘hopefully we’ll never need to use it’ infrastructure.
I’d rather we pay for it an and not need it, than need it and not have bought it.
£25m seems like a reasonable figure. Current government has pissed away more than that on PPE contracts that weren’t needed over the last 3 years.
25m doesn’t sound like a lot at all for something covering whole country
Given we have spaffed umpteen billions on PPE this seems a great example of sensible government spending
Good safe reliable IT systems don’t come cheap
>”The specific figures are commercially sensitive and can therefore not be released to the public.”
Yes, we pay for it, but we can’t know the details?
Government should be banned from such behaviour. If corporation or government fears transparency, then they shouldn’t engage.
In the scheme of things £25m is nothing. But of course the current discourse is that the government can’t spend anything.
Very reasonable. I would’ve expected it to cost much much more.
Seems a massive waste or money really. We survived this long without it. In the age of social media then if we were about to all die, im sure the message would soon get out ther3
£25 million. To send a tex? British gas do it when it’s cold.
For once, it’s actually justified. Though, if we do get nuked, it just means we get a few minutes to shit ourselves.
How. I was under the impression that the infrastructure already existed. Everything else is just software.
Smells like public money being spunked away on overpaid consultants.
Seriously. That’s 250 people on £100k pa. That’s ridiculous for a glorified mass texter. Even 100 or so people for 3 years is still taking the piss.
The fact that it’s a small amount of money in terms of government spending shouldn’t mask the fact it’s still an utter utter scam.
I’m reminded of a case in Sweden a few years back where the government offered £80m to develop a new traffic system. A developer got annoyed at the waste and that as it was just a weekend job to develop. He held a Hackathon and indeed got it built over a weekend.
To get in perspective how little money this is in the scale of the country it’s 77p per income tax payer. I think we can afford it.
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Seems pretty reasonable for what it is and it’s scope if it hits the fan tbh.
That seems like a reasonable figure for years of development and ongoing work on a large national project, and this is a classic case of ‘hopefully we’ll never need to use it’ infrastructure.
I’d rather we pay for it an and not need it, than need it and not have bought it.
£25m seems like a reasonable figure. Current government has pissed away more than that on PPE contracts that weren’t needed over the last 3 years.
25m doesn’t sound like a lot at all for something covering whole country
Given we have spaffed umpteen billions on PPE this seems a great example of sensible government spending
Good safe reliable IT systems don’t come cheap
>”The specific figures are commercially sensitive and can therefore not be released to the public.”
Yes, we pay for it, but we can’t know the details?
Government should be banned from such behaviour. If corporation or government fears transparency, then they shouldn’t engage.
In the scheme of things £25m is nothing. But of course the current discourse is that the government can’t spend anything.
Very reasonable. I would’ve expected it to cost much much more.
Seems a massive waste or money really. We survived this long without it. In the age of social media then if we were about to all die, im sure the message would soon get out ther3
£25 million. To send a tex? British gas do it when it’s cold.
For once, it’s actually justified. Though, if we do get nuked, it just means we get a few minutes to shit ourselves.
How. I was under the impression that the infrastructure already existed. Everything else is just software.
Smells like public money being spunked away on overpaid consultants.
Seriously. That’s 250 people on £100k pa. That’s ridiculous for a glorified mass texter. Even 100 or so people for 3 years is still taking the piss.
The fact that it’s a small amount of money in terms of government spending shouldn’t mask the fact it’s still an utter utter scam.
I’m reminded of a case in Sweden a few years back where the government offered £80m to develop a new traffic system. A developer got annoyed at the waste and that as it was just a weekend job to develop. He held a Hackathon and indeed got it built over a weekend.
To get in perspective how little money this is in the scale of the country it’s 77p per income tax payer. I think we can afford it.