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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews 9 Dec 2014

    Government too dependent on handful of "quasi-monopoly" private sector firms to provide public services, say MPshttp://bbc.in/1vCTcVc 

    11:34 PM - 9 Dec 2014
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    • Catherine Pickles Slimgib giuseppe rastiello ⭐Sandie B⭐ Julie McCurdie Kevin Dale Umar Dhillon Thee_Dove for #JESUS OMOSHOLA BENEDICT
    3 replies 45 retweets 23 likes
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      2.  ⭐Sandie B ⭐‏ @SandieBlickem 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCNews

        @BBCNews @Lord_Drainlid Privatisation is supposed to create competitive pricing. Capita seems to dominate in more and more areas.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Mick Brown‏ @Lord_Drainlid 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @SandieBlickem

        @SandieBlickem @BBCNews privatisation encourages price-cutting, inefficiency and reduced services. Competitiveness is a myth.

        2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. Catherine‏ @Cg71177 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Lord_Drainlid

        @Lord_Drainlid @SandieBlickem @BBCNews it depends how you measure performance and how you tender. It depends what bits you outsource.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Catherine‏ @Cg71177 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Cg71177

        @Lord_Drainlid @SandieBlickem @BBCNews I'm not sure if you are just referring to front line care, I'm not.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Mick Brown‏ @Lord_Drainlid 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Cg71177

        @Cg71177 @SandieBlickem @BBCNews The business risk shouldn't be transferred to employees in care services via low paid zero hours contracts.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Catherine‏ @Cg71177 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Lord_Drainlid

        @Lord_Drainlid @SandieBlickem @BBCNews I think you are referring to quite a specific area of service here. It's not making sense to me.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Mick Brown‏ @Lord_Drainlid 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Cg71177

        @Cg71177 @SandieBlickem @BBCNews Workers with no hours guarantee used to be compensated with higher pay. They are now units of production.

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Catherine‏ @Cg71177 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Lord_Drainlid

        @Lord_Drainlid @SandieBlickem @BBCNews I don't agree with Zero hrs but that doesn't mean I reject outsourcing....

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. New conversation
      2. Catherine‏ @Cg71177 9 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCNews

        @BBCNews there are some v good large firms giving economies of scale and consistency. Always looks at negatives based on exceptions.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Mick Brown‏ @Lord_Drainlid 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Cg71177

        @Cg71177 @BBCNews who has been studying O level economics then?

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Catherine‏ @Cg71177 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Lord_Drainlid

        @Lord_Drainlid @BBCNews and in sourced models. Am I allowed an opinion now?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Mick Brown‏ @Lord_Drainlid 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Cg71177

        @Cg71177 @BBCNews So? I worked in the private sector firms for 40 years and saw suicidal price-cutting as is happening in the care industry.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Catherine‏ @Cg71177 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Lord_Drainlid

        @Lord_Drainlid @BBCNews some suppliers aren't good. Large, med or small.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Mick Brown‏ @Lord_Drainlid 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Cg71177

        @Cg71177 @BBCNews Simple conventional economics can't always cover the complex, unpredictable human needs of certain public, social services

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Catherine‏ @Cg71177 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Lord_Drainlid

        @Lord_Drainlid @BBCNews It depends which services you are looking at. Outsourcing seems to be a catch all. Some areas not appropriate.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Catherine‏ @Cg71177 10 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Cg71177

        @Lord_Drainlid @BBCNews agree with your comment. Needs to be tailored to areas of the business/service. Point is its not *all* bad.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      10. End of conversation
      1. Kenneth Armitage‏ @Dinostratus 9 Dec 2014
        Replying to @BBCNews

        @BBCNews is it Pontius Pilate syndrome where politicians are seen to shift responsibility/accountability to QUANGOs and commercial companies

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