OT: Outsourced public services

[Jim Hawkins]

Some 40 billion worth of public services are currently outsourced to private sector companies. Those companies are excluded from the requirements of Freedom of Information legislation. They are excluded from the requirements of open-book accounting. And they are excluded from any requirement to reveal details of their organisation to the National Audit Office. Why all the secrecy ? There has already been one scandal involving two firms hired to manage convicted prisoners. If it had not been for the involvement of the Serious Fraud Office we might never have known.

One wonders what other doubtful practices are going on - secure from the public gaze. And just why so much outsourcing is deemed necessary.

Jim Hawkins

[fred]

In article , Jim Hawkins writes

TOT and unwelcome, f*ck off and ramble in the political groups.

[Brian Gaff]

Hmm yes there was a care provider down here taken to court and shut down by the police and some clients fell through the local authority net due to bad book keeping as well. Food for thought. I notice also that increasingly Charities like local blind organisations and Age Uk are bidding for council services that used to be run directly. In some cases the services are a whole lot better, but not always.

Brian

[harryagain]

The biigest fiddle of the lot is "PublicFinance Initiatives". In the NHS put in place by Nu Labour so they could brag about the services they had rpovided. The vast cost of them is one of the main reasons the NHS is short of money. More short term crap from socialist scum

[Nick]

In message , harryagain writes

Could we not just agree that ALL politicians are a**eholes? PFI was started by John Major FFS.

[Tim Streater]

Don't talk c*ck.

[Nick]

In message , Tim Streater writes

This appears to be your signature message. Perhaps you should put it after your separator.