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5 Dec 19
Local trade union branches must be strategically aware of their authority or agency’s policy in respect of outsourcing, writes outsourcing commentator John Tizard.
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4 Nov 19
Regulation of outsourcing is essential to ensure public confidence, transparency and accountability in the practice, writes consultant John Tizard.
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28 Oct 19
A new body to regulate outsourcing deals of public services is much needed to ramp up quality of provision and keep costs under control, says Joshua Pritchard, senior researcher at Reform
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23 Oct 19
Investment might be flowing into local areas but poverty and inequality persist. ‘New municipalism’ is a term that has emerged as an answer to improving local economic development. Dominic Brady...
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21 Oct 19
UK government payments to third parties to supply goods and services was 20% higher than predicted over three years because of poor procurement and outsourcing, according to a think-tank.
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18 Sep 19
Cross-party MPs agreed that there is a need to broaden the outsourcing provider market and improve transparency of the sector, at an Institute for Government event.
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16 Sep 19
The Insitute for Government suggested there are benefits to public sector outsourcing but this will not be enough to stop governments bringing services in house, says outsourcing commentator John...
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16 Sep 19
Government outsourcing contract failures have wasted millions of pounds - but a blanket approach to switch to in house provision would be costly, a think-tank has warned.
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13 Sep 19
NHS trusts have an outstanding £55bn to pay over the next 30 years after locking in to “toxic” PFI contracts, analysis of government data has shown.
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16 Aug 19
Nearly a third of UK local authority legal spending went on external law firms last year, BBC analysis has shown.
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30 Jul 19
Bahrain will be a testbed for new guidelines on the procurement of artificial intelligence in the public sector in partnership with the UK.
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25 Jul 19
Public services should be developed and delivered in consultation with the service users, says public service commissioning lawyer Julian Blake.
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24 Jul 19
The UK’s fraud watchdog has won nearly £23m from an outsourcing company over a scandal involving erroneous electronic tagging of offenders.
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22 Jul 19
Reviews of outsourced public service contracts - as proposed by Labour - should involve a range of stakeholders, says outsourcing commentator John Tizard.
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22 Jul 19
Labour’s proposals for an overhaul to public service outsourcing are “redundant”, PF has been told.
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18 Jul 19
Public sector bodies have been urged to pay outsourced suppliers on time after the sector registered £2.5m in late payments.
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24 Jun 19
Better data collection on outsourced public services would mean an improvement in assessing their value for money, says outsourcing consultant John Tizard.
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10 Jun 19
A union has claimed taxpayers are propping up the outsourcing industry as local authorities spent £20bn on contracts in the last three years.
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30 May 19
Local authorities increasingly are and should look to bring service delivery back in-house, a membership organisation has said.
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16 May 19
Probation services will be renationalised following failed partial privatisation of the system, the government has announced.
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16 May 19
The voluntary and community sector could play a crucial role in returning services to public ownership, says outsourcing commentator John Tizard.
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14 May 19
Ninety-three per cent of construction industry suppliers think the relationship between the ill-fated firm and its auditors, KPMG, was “too cosy”, according to a poll of construction industry leaders.
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2 May 19
Stephanie Elsy, managing director of Stephanie Elsy Associates, explains the pros and cons of outsourcing, and when it is worth doing.
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11 Apr 19
Local authorities in England spent £335m on agency care staff last financial year, according to research by The Guardian.
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5 Apr 19
Rigid rules on procurement in the NHS have led to a “huge waste” of time and money, MPs have heard.
5 Dec 19Local trade union branches must be strategically aware of their authority or agency’s policy in respect of outsourcing, writes outsourcing commentator John Tizard.
28 Oct 19A new body to regulate outsourcing deals of public services is much needed to ramp up quality of provision and keep costs under control, says Joshua Pritchard, senior researcher at Reform
23 Oct 19Investment might be flowing into local areas but poverty and inequality persist. ‘New municipalism’ is a term that has emerged as an answer to improving local economic development. Dominic Brady...
18 Sep 19Cross-party MPs agreed that there is a need to broaden the outsourcing provider market and improve transparency of the sector, at an Institute for Government event.
13 Sep 19NHS trusts have an outstanding £55bn to pay over the next 30 years after locking in to “toxic” PFI contracts, analysis of government data has shown.
16 Aug 19Nearly a third of UK local authority legal spending went on external law firms last year, BBC analysis has shown.
30 Jul 19Bahrain will be a testbed for new guidelines on the procurement of artificial intelligence in the public sector in partnership with the UK.
25 Jul 19Public services should be developed and delivered in consultation with the service users, says public service commissioning lawyer Julian Blake.
24 Jul 19The UK’s fraud watchdog has won nearly £23m from an outsourcing company over a scandal involving erroneous electronic tagging of offenders.
18 Jul 19Public sector bodies have been urged to pay outsourced suppliers on time after the sector registered £2.5m in late payments.
24 Jun 19Better data collection on outsourced public services would mean an improvement in assessing their value for money, says outsourcing consultant John Tizard.
30 May 19Local authorities increasingly are and should look to bring service delivery back in-house, a membership organisation has said.
16 May 19Probation services will be renationalised following failed partial privatisation of the system, the government has announced.
16 May 19The voluntary and community sector could play a crucial role in returning services to public ownership, says outsourcing commentator John Tizard.
11 Apr 19Local authorities in England spent £335m on agency care staff last financial year, according to research by The Guardian.
5 Apr 19Rigid rules on procurement in the NHS have led to a “huge waste” of time and money, MPs have heard.
