outsourcing

February 25, 2019

First national day of action against outsourcing

The actions will coincide with a landmark legal challenge that could extend the rights of the UK's 3.3 million outsourced workers.
January 19, 2019

Private outsourcing firms get £3,500 per household for services, says TUC

The TUC has called for more transparency and accountability on public services outsourcing contracts.
December 18, 2018

Refugee Council responds to asylum accommodation report

The Home Affairs Committee has raised repeated concerns over the Home Office’s approach to asylum accommodation contracts and the failure of the inspection regime to deal with substandard, unsafe housing.
December 14, 2018

Outsourcing is a smoke screen for squeezing wages, says War On Want

Private sector leveraging strategies place workers and services at risk, says War on Want.
December 13, 2018

One third of government's spending is with contractors, says report

The largest suppliers are winning more and more government business.
November 15, 2018

BMA calls for Capita to be stripped of NHS England contract

BMA says patients may now be at risk because of error on the part of Capita.
August 13, 2018

Landmark case could extend rights of outsourced workers

Case could open the door for 3.3 million outsourced workers in the UK to negotiate directly with their de-facto employer.
July 2, 2018

Saving the NHS – and ‘bright ideas’ that might wreck it

The UK’s National Health Service is severely u
July 1, 2018

BMA responds to plans to cut 'unessential' surgical procedures

The BMA says the government's priority should be to stop wasting money on the damaging NHS market in England.
June 8, 2018

Carillion 'hoodwinked the Government' with published accounts

The National Audit Office and Parliamentary Committees report on the collapse of Carillion.