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‘They allowed us to be a guinea pig. And the guinea pig is dead’: the sorry saga of Barnet’s ‘easyCouncil’

A decade ago, the Tory-led London council went on a disastrous ideological outsourcing spree that it hoped could be a model for the rest of the country. Can the new Labour administration repair the damage?

The Guardian - UK

DWP dismisses new call for full review of PIP application process including health provider assessments

Nearly 15,000 people have signed an online petition calling for a review into how DWP delivers PIP.

Daily Record

New petition calling for DWP to conduct full review of PIP health assessments due official response

The online petition has already received more than 10,450 signatures of support from across the UK.

Daily Record

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Capita shares surge on £150 million fintech sale

It’s the latest effort by Capita to slim down operations and pay off large sums of company debt

Evening Standard

Covid drives biggest Sats results gap since 2012 for poorest pupils in England

Deprived children fall further behind better-off peers as they lose most learning due to coronavirus

The Guardian - UK

New petition calls for DWP to conduct full review of PIP health assessments and application process

Two petitions created this week are campaigning for change in the way PIP is administered.

Daily Record

Former Tesco Mobile and O2 call centre building to be converted into huge warehouse

Until last year, the building housed hundreds of call centre workers

Manchester Evening News

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Former Tory council votes to end mass outsourcing of services

New council chief condemns ‘failed experiment’ under which Barnet called itself the country’s first ‘easyCouncil’

The Guardian - UK

I paid the congestion charge, but somehow still got fined

My payment was showing as ‘pending’, so I got in touch with Transport for London, but it didn’t help

The Guardian - UK

Government lost £98m amid failings with electronic tagging project – report

The failure to carry out a ‘fundamental transformation’ of the scheme has cost the taxpayer millions of pounds, the National Audit Office said.

The Independent UK

£98m wasted on failed upgrade of offender tagging system, say auditors

Report says failings mean ministers still do not know if tagging criminals is helping to cut reoffending

The Guardian - UK

Ministry of Defence contractors ‘drop standards’ to boost profits, MPs warn

Highly critical committee report says MoD should consider retaining firefighting and ancillary services in house

The Guardian - UK

MoD contractors 'drop standards and squeeze workers to increase profits'

Little consideration given to providing services in-house, says committee

Wales Online

MoD contractors drop standards and ‘squeeze’ workers to increase profits

Outsourcing appeared to be the MoD’s default position, with little consideration to providing services in house, MPs said.

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DWP PIP claimants issued advice to help prevent losing their benefits

People claiming Personal Independence Payment from the Department for Work and Pensions have been issued advice regarding reviews in order to help prevent them losing their award

Daily Record

Essential PIP review tips for people who want to keep their DWP payments this year

People on PIP will receive between £97.80 and £627.60 every four weeks following the uprating on April 11.

Birmingham Post

Trio joins Frontier Development Capital and more appointments news

Birmingham investment firm welcomes new faces, apprentice becomes director at media buyer and regional director joins Lloyds

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham rejects claims he didn't hold GMP to account and says force has clawed back £5m from those behind broken computer system

The mayor was forced to deny a suggestion he had shirked responsibility for GMP failures

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