Coventry City Council Hands Consultants £7 Million of Taxpayer Cash For Microsoft Software

While councils continue to moan about financial black holes, whacking up council tax though still finding enough money to pay their staff six-figure salaries, UK DOGE has been busy helping them find ways to cut wasteful spending. This time it’s Labour-run Coventry City Council, which has woefully predicted a budget gap of £14 million by next year…

UK DOGE’s The Waste Files has found that Coventry City Council has awarded an eye-watering £6,941,259 three-year contract to York-based IT consultants Phoenix Software for “Microsoft Enterprise Licenses” enrolment for the council.[…] Read the rest