The Met Police have agreed a 10 year deal with Steria to deliver IT services worth £216m. The move is part of planned government cutbacks, where the Met Police will have its annual budgets reduced by £800m by 2020.The Met’s service delivery will move outside the capital to the Shared Service Connected Limited centre, a joint venture between the Cabinet Office and French based outsourcer Steria. Services will be delivered from the centre from October 2016, with a small retained team in London to deliver frontline face to face services.

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