Public services in Lewisham: Are we getting value for money?

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tma
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Public services in Lewisham: Are we getting value for money?

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With the government awarding public service contracts to private companies at a time of severe cuts to public spending, where local councils are being forced to make substantial savings, you have to wonder whether tax payers are receiving value for money? Are exemplary procurement practices being promoted?
Public sector workers are starting to make a stand. An employee working in the borough has brought a multi discrimination case against Babcock Education and Skills Limited, (formerly VT), and a subsidiary of the FTSE 100 Company Babcock International Group PLC.http://www.school-info4u.com/support-fi ... ls_ltd.pdf
Has anyone else heard about similar cases in the borough? What are the experiences of workers delivering public services who are employed by private companies?
Tim Lund
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Re: Public services in Lewisham: Are we getting value for mo

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Intreresting.

What do you understand by 'exemplary procurement practices'?

Do you feel that best value for money in delivering public services is always obtained by public sector rather than private sector employees? And in which category would you put employees of social enterprises, defined as not-for-profit enterprises?
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