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The tag 'defra it modernisation' covers the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs' £312 million IT modernisation programme, which faces a significant challenge as a large portion of its systems still run on Windows 10 after Microsoft ended support in October 2025. Discussions focus on the department's efforts to reduce technical debt across its sprawling IT estate, the implications of running unsupported operating systems, and the broader lessons for public sector IT modernisation projects. Topics include migration planning, security risks, and budget allocation for legacy system upgrades.
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    Defra £312m IT Modernisation Faces Windows 10 End of Support Challenge

    The UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) quietly closed a multi‑year IT modernisation chapter worth roughly £312 million — only for a significant portion of that investment to land squarely on an operating system that Microsoft officially stopped supporting on 14 October...
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