Category Archives: outsourcing

Labour’s proposals for an outsourcing revamp reflect a trend of insourcing

Reviews of outsourced public service contracts – as proposed by Labour – should involve a range of stakeholders, says outsourcing commentator John Tizard.   John McDonnell and Andrew Gwynne announced this weekend that Labour will reset the default for local government services to be publicly owned, publicly managed and publicly accountable. The policy proposal with its associated guidance… Read More...

Local government must surely be up for a shift to insourcing

Labour’s call for the ‘Democratisation of Local Public Services’ and its ‘plan for 21st century insourcing’ – http://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Democratising-Local-Public-Services.pdf – should be of interest to local authorities of all political persuasions; and welcomed by most. After four decades of outsourcing, more outsourcing, and even more outsourcing of public services, there are signs that local authorities are now beginning… Read More...

Wales can lead the way and move on from outsourcing public services

This article is based on a report which I co-authored with Dr Megan Mathias for the Wales Centre for Public Policy on public service stewardship and moving beyond contracting. The report was published earlier this month. It can be found at https://www.wcpp.org.uk/commentary/beyond-contracting-public-service-stewardship-to-maximise-public-value/. John Tizard The public sector in Wales spends over £6bn per year on the… Read More...

Beyond contracting: public service stewardship to maximise public value

In this blog, John Tizard, co-author of our latest report Beyond contracting: public service stewardship to maximise public value, introduces some key issues and arguments. This is part of our series on public procurement – find out more here. The public sector in Wales spends over £6bn per year on the procurement of services, works and goods.… Read More...