An article in el Reg today says HMRC is planning to spend Β£5.2B *more* to complete modernisation of their tech.
For a little bit of context, the BBC annual plan for 2024/5 says the total spend on tech will be Β£180M which, assuming it's titled correctly, includes everything from HR & business systems to running & distributing all our online media.
How in the hell are HMRC going to spend almost 29 year's worth of our online budget *just* to modernise? That's nuts, surely?
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/hmrc_dalas_2
@tdp_org are they still running lotus notes as their email client on windows 7? I'm guessing it's all the unique programmes they're using to do people's pensions, benefits etc etc. it's likely not an access database (I hope). Although I believe the Williams F1 team was building their cars via an excell spreadsheet so who knows π€·πΌββοΈπ€·πΌββοΈπ€·πΌββοΈ