In June 2010 Cabinet agreed to instruct officers to: 1. Stop the procurement of the Integrated Housing Services Contracts, which had been previously authorised by Cabinet on 12th January 2010, with immediate effect. 2. Carry out a tenant consultation under section 105 of the Housing Act 1985 and also to consult leaseholders including a ‘Test…

Dexter Whitfield author of ‘Global Auction, of Public Assets’, describes the damaging effects of so-called Public Private Partnerships in a detailed interview with the New Left Project in March 2010 . He outlines why they are a disastrous way to provide essential services and he details a democratic alternative to PPPs.

A comprehensive report into the impact of the Private Finance Initiative in the Criminal Justice System for the Justice Forum (2003). It maps PFI in the justice system, examines the efficiency and savings myths and the refinancing of PFI projects. The report also examines the impact on employment, accountability, consultation and access to information. It…

Commissioned by the University and College Union (UCU) and UNISON, the study examines the effect of government imposed higher education cuts, the budget reduction scenario, impact on Leeds and the city region, staff and students and the knowledge economy. (March 2010)

Examines Cardiff Council’s transformation ‘insourcing’ strategy consisting of four major strategic partnerships with the private sector. The assessment, commissioned by Cardiff UNISON, examines service driven verses ‘customer centric service delivery’, the lack of citizen and community involvement and the problems of top-down budget dominated transformation. It proposes an alternative transformation strategy that is substantive and…

ESSU was commissioned by UNISON Northern to prepare a detailed report on a PPD/KPMG proposal to outsource and offshore prescription processing. This comprehensive report examines value for money, risk assessment, insourcing trends, public cost analysis and other issues. A decision to outsource was postponed indefinitely in November 2006 following intervention by the Health Minister.

The Council believes that it is in the council’s and tenants’ best interests (subject to the consultation process with tenants and leaseholders) to take the service back into the council. This will enable savings to be made by eliminating the cost of governance of the ALMO and further improvements to services by closer alignment to…

A strategic service delivery partnership contract for property, finance, highways, human resources and pension administration with Capita has not been renewed. Over 600 staff staff transferred to Capita in February 2001. The Council agreed to a mixture of in-house provision, shared services and joint provision with other authorities.

The South Australian State Government is proposing five PPPs for the future development of the State’s correctional facilities by moving men’s and women’s prisons, a youth training centre and a pre-release centre to Murray Bridge. The Public Service Association commissioned the Australian Institute for Social Research (AISR), University of Adelaide, to identify the indirect and/or…

The South Australian State Government is proposing five PPPs for the future development of the State’s correctional facilities by moving men’s and women’s prisons, a youth training centre and a pre-release centre to Murray Bridge. The Public Service Association commissioned the Australian Institute for Social Research (AISR), University of Adelaide, to identify the indirect and/or…