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After the collapse of private contractor Carillion and the failure of outsourced probation, is outsourcing out of vogue with local government? Neil Merrick reports.
Two hospitals built by the failed outsourcing giant Carillion will be completed up to five years late, while the total costs of building have nearly doubled, the public spending watchdog has said.
Two years on from the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion, Unite, the UK’s biggest union, has accused the government of failing to act on weaknesses in the UK audit system.
Two former senior officials from the outsourcing firm Serco have been charged with fraud over an electronic tagging contract with the Ministry of Justice, following an investigation by the Serious...
The 34 companies the government pays more than £100m a year to for services are likely to benefit from rises in public spending, according to a data firm.
Local trade union branches must be strategically aware of their authority or agency’s policy in respect of outsourcing, writes outsourcing commentator John Tizard.
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
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
Reviews of outsourced public service contracts - as proposed by Labour - should involve a range of stakeholders, says outsourcing commentator John Tizard.
