Category Archives: Public sector

MP Margaret Hodge says a Department for Work and Pensions deal to provide medical assessments for benefit claimants “permits loopholes that can all too easily be exploited by contractors”.

A public body tendering for waste services on behalf of councils in Northern Ireland has terminated the procurement process following a legal challenge.

The National Audit Office has criticised the government’s current budgeting system for failing to encourage departments to work together to identify best value for money.

A report by MPs has called for stronger links between the Treasury and Major Projects Authority, having “long been concerned” the body’s warnings have been ignored.

The local authority has adopted a new commercial strategy and aims to become a ‘commissioning organisation’ to tackle the challenges it faces.

The devolved government has commissioned a study into whether the public sector is getting value for money from its £2 billion construction spend.