Outsourcing children's services is wrong and a waste of money | Ray Jones

Vital services are a big moneymaker for private firms, but those funds should be spent on better care for vulnerable children

For the past 40 years, successive governments have pushed crucial services out of public ownership and into the private market. Despite the dismal track record of big outsourcing companies failing to deliver on their public service contracts, and overcharging central and local government, opportunities continue for private companies to make money from the public purse.

This is now being challenged by Labour with a commitment to bring vital services back into public ownership and control. Nowhere should this be more urgent than for services that protect and care for children.

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