Extract from Commons debate on Advisory Committee: Business Appointments - June 28

Friday, 29 June 2018 09:09

Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) (SNP):...Since 2010, no former Ministers or civil servants have had an application refused by ACOBA—not one, nada, zilch, zero. Private Eye reported that by 2015, outsourcing public services cost the UK Government £120 billion and that despite poor records of delivery, G4S and Serco continue to win favour and contracts because of the revolving door and blurred distinction between employees in private companies and ministerial Departments... To read the...Request free trial