Public Private Partnerships: Public Services or Corporate Welfare seminar

Secondment of Staff for New Tyne Tunnel

News of Bedforshire CC sacking HBS Business Services from £265m contract.

The Centre for Public Services and Defend Council Housing are carrying out a national survey on behalf of the House of Commons Council Housing Group to assess the views of tenants associations and federations, elected members, trade unions and housing organisations on their perspective for the future of ALMOs.

The final report of a three-year scrutiny of regional performance for the North West Regional Review, published by the North West Regional Assembly.

A joint project by Centre for Public Services and the Sustainable Cities Research Unit, University of Northumbria involving the Wainwright Trust, Millfield House Foundation, Newcastle UNISON, the Public and Commercial Services Union and the Northern Region of the TUC.

The Centre provided assistance to the ICT Staff Employment Model Team between December 2004 and April 2005 who were assessing three employment options in the outsourcing of ICT services. Despite the staff making a strong case for a secondment/mixed economy model, the City Council decided to opt for full outsourcing.

The Centre prepared three leaflets for the Council and Teacher Trade Unions in Tyne and Wear: What Price New Schools, Local Control Threat, Building Schools for the Future Charter.

An investigation of the performance of the Strategic Service-Delivery Partnership between HBS Business Services Group and Bedfordshire County Council. This report is available to download as a pdf file.

A new report giving comprehensive advice on how to exclude support services from Building Schools for the Future and PFI projects. The report is free to download.