Procurement
The government must bring an end to its risky Covid crisis procurement
Thomas Pope says the government needs to return to normal competitive processes that offer the best value for money
The government must clean up its act on coronavirus contracts
A new National Audit Office report raises serious questions about the way the government has spent public money
How to avoid government mega-projects becoming mega-disasters: lessons from the past
How are major decisions on major projects made today? Dr Nicholas Westcott, Director of the Royal African Society, joins us for this event.
Outsourcing and privatisation
What is the difference between privatisation and outsourcing?
Managing consultants
Advice from current and former consultants and civil servants for officials on managing consultants in government.
Government outsourcing: when and how to bring public services back into government hands
Bringing back services from the private sector to government hands can improve quality, increase reliability, and save money.
Ending the outsourcing of probation is the right decision
Transferring services back to the public sector is the right decision, though it should not be attempted overnight.
Five questions the government should answer on coronavirus contracts
The public will lose trust in the government if it is kept in the dark about contracts which are vital to the lifting of the lockdown.
The government doesn’t need to scrap EU procurement rules to spend more with small businesses
The government is right to look at how to increase procurement spending with small companies and local firms but wrong to blame EU rules.
How to fix government outsourcing
The Rt Hon Sir David Lidington MP joined us to launch our new report which assesses the government's record of outsourcing over the last four decades.