DWP issues update on whether payments will be affected after Microsoft outage

A number of organisations in the North East were affected by the outage on Friday, including police forces, councils and NHS trustsThe Department for Work and Pensions has issued an update about the Microsoft outage and whether customer payments will be affected because of it. Their statement came as hundreds of thousands of people across the world experienced a disruption to services such as Outlook emails, Teams and AI services.