Public Sector Outsourcing To Commercial Companies – We Need More Training

Following the UK Government’s published guide, the Outsourcing Playbook, party-independent think tank, Reform, says expertise in procurement should be improved with more training for those tasked with doing deals often involving very large amounts of taxpayers’ money – rather than banning the practice as some have suggested. For the time being at least, whatever your long-term vision may be of how to provide the services people need, government departments, local authorities and other public sector bodies will continue to buy in from the private sector. They will not be able to do it all themselves: the ‘make or buy’ question will remain to be answered whenever a substantial new body of work must be fulfilled – writes LocalGov. Read more here.