"Starmer was equally effusive, gushing: This deal shows that our plan for change is working bringing in investment, driving growth, and putting more money in people's pockets. Four months later, and the tech company was left scrambling to fix a devastating global outage on Monday that left thousands of businesses in limbo and shed light on the UK government's reliance on its cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services (AWS)."
"AWS has won 189 UK government contracts worth 1.7bn since 2016 during which time it has invoiced about 1.4bn, according to the figures compiled by Tussell, a public procurement intelligence firm. The research group added that 35 public sector authorities currently use [AWS] services across 41 contracts worth a combined 1.1bn. Key ministerial departments have contracts with the company such as the Home Office, DWP, HMRC, [the Ministry of Justice], the Cabinet Office and Defra."
Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy met Keir Starmer in Downing Street's garden to announce 40bn of UK investments in June. Four months later a global AWS outage left thousands of businesses in limbo and exposed the UK government's dependence on Amazon Web Services. Figures from public procurement firm Tussell show AWS won 189 UK government contracts worth 1.7bn since 2016 and invoiced about 1.4bn, while 35 public sector authorities use AWS across 41 contracts totalling 1.1bn. Key departments with AWS contracts include the Home Office, DWP, HMRC, the Ministry of Justice, the Cabinet Office and Defra. Unions and politicians have criticised Amazon's wider practices and regulators have warned about concentration risk, prompting moves toward greater oversight and calls for diversification or sovereign solutions.
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