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fromTheregister
4 days ago

Watchdog: Capita's pension 'fiasco', now a 370M DWP gig

The chair of the Public Accounts Committee sought reassurance that the Cabinet Office had shared details of Capita's performance on the CSPS before the DWP made its award to the outsourcing firm to provide HR, finance, and payroll services to the DWP, the Ministry of Justice, the Home Office, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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fromTheregister
1 week ago

Capita 370M Whitehall outsourcing deal challenged in court

Capita won a £370 million ten-year UK government outsourcing contract for HR and finance services across four departments, significantly below the £958.7 million estimated value, facing a legal challenge from rival Sopra Steria over abnormally low bidding.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

How NGOs Took Over Government

Government reliance on nonprofits for public services creates risks, weak accountability, and uneven performance, enabling waste and fraud.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

This hotels saga isn't really about asylum seekers: it's a window on to a far bigger scandal | Gaby Hinsliff

Landlord influencers and corporate intermediaries profit from housing asylum seekers through government-backed contracts, exploiting systemic failures and costing taxpayers billions.
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