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Monday 12 August 2013

The Crime? Privatisation The Criminals? Public Services Industry

Stephen Wilks considers the implications of private sector companies now delivering one third of public services provision according to spend (£80bn). The Public Services Industry now accounts for 6% of GDP with 1.2 million staff - almost three times the number employed in the civil service - yet these corporations are not subject to the disciplines, probity and regulations applied to the public sector:
http://www.democraticaudit.com/?p=1248