UK govt. must stop privatizing public services, IfG says<\/p>\n
The IfG urges British government to slow down privatizing public services due to lack of skill and information.<\/p>\n
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British government has been urged to slow down its large-scale programs to privatize public services after the institute for government (IfG) warned the Whitehall lacks skill and information to insure such deals.\n<\/p>\n
The IfG\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s report comes a few days after an analysis of the government\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s controversial \u00a3100 billion \u00c5\u201coutsourcing\u201d programs found private firms, including G4S and Serco, have overcharged the taxpayer and the government by tens of millions of pounds.\n<\/p>\n
The private firms are reportedly \u00c5\u201cgaming\u201d the system by \u00c5\u201ccreaming off\u201d easy cases where they could make profits while \u00c5\u201cparking\u201d service users with complex needs.\n<\/p>\n
The leading think-tank urged the government to review its programs, saying it does not have the skills or information to design and manage complex contracts.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThe current pace and scale of reform is a clear risk and we\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re calling for government to think carefully about how fast it is going,\u201d said Tom Gash, the IfG\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s director of research and lead author of the report.\n<\/p>\n
The British government has accelerated the privatization of public services, in areas such as education, employment services and health since 2010.\n<\/p>\n
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