Outsourcing of Services

10.05.2012 - Read the Somerset County Council Learning Disability Service:Outline Business Case report HERE

See the BBC report, Suffolk County Council's leader says wholesale Outsourcing does not work

Audit Commission probes SouthWest One deal. Read the BBC report.

Democratic erosion, profiteering and tax havens: PFI equity sales exposed

The Liverpool Direct deal with BT is also a Joint Venture and was also billed as a "Strategic Partnership". It was a comparator in ISiS leading to the contract with IBM for SW1. Read the confidential investigation reports which were published in the Liverpool newspaper the Daily Post, part1 part2

Circular from UNISON about Liverpool's joint venture. This has a lot of similarities to ours.

Austerity drive will hand billions to private sector - Read the article in the Guardian

Savings Not Delivered - Read your branches email to the Audit Commission

The Economic Case for In-house Options and Bids - Read the European Services Strategy Unit's article

Guardian Article about Suffolk County Council's proposal to Outsource