HMRC vowed to break up with Capgemini then paid it another £4.2B
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The UK tax authority HMRC had pledged to end its relationship with Capgemini but has since awarded the French supplier another £4.2 billion in work. The contract could keep Capgemini providing services to HMRC until 2036, despite government aims to direct more public spending to British businesses.
Government wants public spending to back British business, but the French supplier could remain at the tax collector until 2036