Row Over Scottish IT Contract Sent to Bengaluru
A row has erupted after the Scottish government sent an IT contract to Bengaluru to run a welfare payment. No details beyond the headline are available in this story.
Context
Context: Governments in Britain often use private IT firms to run public services such as welfare payments. Sending such work to India has become a debated topic, because it raises questions about where public jobs and data are handled.
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