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Barnet UNISON – Briefing Number 1 Edinburgh an example of an alternative
Dear Councillor
Please find enclosed the first in a series of briefings to all councillors in regard to the One Barnet programme. ( to view briefing click here )
· Over the past four years UNISON has produced over 35 detailed reports
· UNISON has consistently sought a meeting to discuss an alternative to the One Barnet programme
· UNISON has attempted to provide a briefing on our concerns to all councillors in May and June this year
· UNISON offered a meeting with the Chief Executive and the Leader back in March 2012
· UNISON is still seeking a meeting with the Leader and members of the Cabinet Committee
· UNISON does not seek any preconditions for this discussion other than the Council genuinely enters into this dialogue with an open mind.
In my experience most councillors with whom I have spoken many will say they know very little about the One Barnet projects and many admit not having read the reports we have published. This is worrying in light of the fact that the Council is radically changing to a Commissioning Council where it no longer provides services.
Already we have seen council staff working for the following services transfer out of the council
· Legal Services,
· Parking Services,
· Adult Social Care,
· Housing services
Later this year decisions will be approved at Cabinet Committee to outsource two big One Barnet projects (NSCSO & DRS) worth up to £1Billion pounds which will tie the Council into *10 year contracts.
In November this year a decision will be made on the service delivery model for the One Barnet Street Scene project. Judging by the direction of travel of all other One Barnet projects it is likely that the outsourced model will be the one selected.
Even though these decisions are going to be made by Cabinet Committee the financial and electoral impact will affect all councillors not just for the short term but beyond the Council elections in 2014 and 2018
I hope you will take time to read our briefings, furthermore if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me.
*= ‘Health Warning: There is no such thing as a flexible contract.’
Best wishes
John Burgess
Branch Secretary.
Barnet UNISON
0208 359 2088
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Barnet Alliance write to all 63 Barnet Councillors
Open Letter to all 63 Councillors in the London Borough of Barnet
Dear Councillors,
It must be a challenging task to make decisions on behalf of all the residents in the London Borough of Barnet. These decisions involve so many areas of our lives – education, social care, health, housing, the environment. It must be even more difficult at a time of austerity when you are forced to make such difficult decisions about how to spend our money wisely and to the benefit of all of us.
On 29 November 2010 those of you who were members of the Cabinet approved the programme sponsored by the Chief Executive, the One Barnet programme of privatisation, which will award two contracts worth more than one billion pounds to private companies for a period of 10 years. In November 2012 all of you will be asked to approve this programme of privatisation. What a heavy burden of responsibility it must be to make such a huge financial commitment on our behalf. It is inevitable that residents will assume all of you are equally responsible for decisions made regarding the One Barnet programme of privatisation, and will hold you all accountable for its impact on their lives, its cost and its success or failure.
Experts in local government and on the impact of privatising services, as well as residents and council employees, have voiced concerns, but there seems to be a great reluctance on the part of representatives of Barnet Council to discuss or reveal details about the One Barnet programme of privatisation, despite residents, Unison and the Association of Public Services Excellence inviting them to attend discussions on the implementation of this programme. Have all of you been given the information needed to understand the impact of the privatization plan? Have all of you had enough time to debate the issues and difficulties in effective implementation of this plan?
When a new policy is implemented, there is always the risk of something going wrong and, with the amount of money being committed to the One Barnet programme of privatisation, any failure could have a huge impact both on Council finances and on services. Is there a Plan B if the One Barnet programme of privatisation is found to be unfit for purpose? If, as part of the privatisation programme, 70% of council employees become employees of a commercial company, how many staff will the Council retain to help put things right if or when something goes wrong?
When we elected you, we put our trust in you to make wise decisions on our behalf, using our money, but we did not give you the right to introduce new policies without consulting us. As you weigh up the pros and cons of committing us to the One Barnet programme of privatisation, with all its financial and legal implications we implore you to act in the best interests of all of us, residents and council employees alike.
We, as a group of residents, voters and taxpayers, are not satisfied with the proposed privatisation of services, as we believe the quality of our services will diminish.
Ask yourselves this question: you will no doubt put the interests of the residents you represent first, but will a private company be concerned about our best interests as much as the interests of their shareholders and making a healthy profit?
Yours sincerely,
Barnet Alliance for Public Services
Debate on One Barnet Tuesday 11 September
Tuesday 11 September at 7 pm there will be another attempt to have a meaningful discussion about the One Barnet mass outsourcing programme.
See Press release by Barnet Labour Party
News from Labour
London Borough of Barnet Labour Group
We’re on your side
For immediate release
31 August 2012
Barnet Labour Opposition Debate: We need a Better Barnet, not ‘One Barnet’
Barnet’s Labour Group of Councillors has called a Full Council debate on developing a different approach to the Council’s unpopular ‘One Barnet’ service transformation programme.
Key themes of the Opposition Policy Item include :
· Restoring public faith in the democratic process
– There has been no consultation of local people on ‘One Barnet’ despite the risks involved, and the fact that it is a fundamental change in the way local services are delivered. Labour would have a proper community engagement plan in place.
– There is confusion over whether it is officers taking decisions or members – this needs to stop, and there needs to be proper member oversight and monitoring of the programme through a dedicated scrutiny committee. Labour would re-instate the dedicated One Barnet Scrutiny Committee.
· Keeping jobs local and supporting the local economy
– ‘One Barnet’ plans to allow local jobs to be re-located out of the Borough, and so far the Conservative administration has refused to require contractors to keep jobs and services in Barnet. Labour believes this should be a requirement.
– Local Traders have felt left out of discussions around skills, enterprise zones and apprenticeships. Labour would work in partnership with local traders and businesses when developing their local economic development plan.
· Assessing and minimising service transformation risk properly
– Council procurement practices are still poor resulting in contract overspends and financial risk – e.g. the cost of the contract for the ‘One Barnet’ implementation partner, Agylisis, has already exceeded by £1.24 million the specified upper limit of the contract, and we are only in year two of the three year contract. Labour believes the external auditor should investigate LB Barnet’s procurement practices before any further large contracts are let – including the two ‘One Barnet’ contracts for Development & Regulatory Services, and Support/Customer Services that are due to be signed by the end of this year.
– No Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs) for residents have been done for either of the two ‘One Barnet’ contracts – both include services that have a huge impact on local residents, e.g. planning, licensing, environmental health, Revenues and Benefits and Customer Services. Labour believes EIAs must be completed before the contracts are signed.
– Risk assessments for the ‘One Barnet’ outsourcings have not been published – the public have the right to know that proper risk assessments have been done where £1 billion of services are being outsourced to a private contractor. Labour wants these published as a matter of urgency.
· The ‘Commissioning Model’ of One Barnet should be abandoned
– The commissioning and monitoring of council services should not be outsourced to a private company. Labour would stop this model.
– The council should stop wasting millions of pounds on expensive consultants, and use a little of it to undertake proper in-house services reviews, comparing the potential for in-house improvement against outsourced solutions to ensure value for money is achieved. Labour would do this.
– The council should not hand over its valuable income streams or savings to the private sector for their profit. This has already been done with re-cycling and parking – 50% of the income from the sale of re-cyclables goes to Barnet’s re-cycling contractor, and 50% of the savings made under the parking contract go to NSL – the new parking contractor. Labour believes income from council services should be re-invested in local services, and would use the new General Power of Competence to increase trading opportunities to do this.
– ‘One Barnet’ is supposed to be a ‘one public sector approach’ – this has not emerged. Labour would investigate sharing more services with other public sector partners and local authorities, and would look at providing more services through mutuals, co-operatives and co-production
Labour’s motion on creating a Better Barnet will be debated at the 11 September Full Council meeting.
Leader of the Barnet Labour Group, Cllr Alison Moore said: “One Barnet has been a damaging process and is fraught with risk. We need to restore public faith in the way the council does business – ours would be a very different approach, one that engages local people, traders and businesses. We are here to serve them, not ourselves – I think the current Conservative administration has lost touch with that.”
One Barnet
Press Release: 28 August 2012: 100 days to One Barnet Billion Pound Gamble
Barnet UNISON Press Release: 28 August 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 100 days to One Barnet Billion Pound Gamble
In 100 days time on Thursday 6 December at 7 pm in Hendon Town Hall members of Barnet Council Cabinet Resources Committee will formally award a contract to either BT or Capita. The first contract known as New Support Customer Services Organisation (NSCSO) will be for back office services such a Finance, Revenues & Benefits, Estates, IT, HR & Payroll etc, it is estimated to be worth up to £750 million pounds with a opportunity to extend for a further five years.
In spite of mounting community opposition within the workforce and the community the Council remains convinced that privatisation works. Barnet Council continues to ignore even the wise words of Sir Merrick Richard Cockell Conservative Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Chairman of the Local Government Association who
“called into question the belief that local authorities should be looking to “outsource everything”. There were some services better performed by the private sector, but the quality of other services run by councils with the “tightest budgets” had been “underestimated”.
2012 has already seen Barnet Council workers being transferred out of the Council including:
• Adult social care
• Parking services
• Housing services
• Legal Services**
NSCSO project involves over 770 staff most of whom are at risk of their jobs being transferred out of London
UNISON has repeatedly offered to meet with the Leader of the Council to discuss an alternative to the high risk £billion pound gamble being promoted by consultants.
Branch Secretary John Burgess said “If the Private sector can do things differently so can the Council in which case all of the savings come back to the tax payers of Barnet instead of big business.”
** Legal Service staff are due to be transferred out of the council on 1st September 2012.
End.
Contact details: John Burgess Barnet UNISON on 07738389569 or email: john.burgess@barnetunison.org.uk
Background
Barnet Council is implementing a policy known as the One Barnet Programme and sometimes referred to as the ‘Commissioning Council’. This mass outsourcing policy is designed to the divest itself of responsibility to deliver services to its residents. A second One Barnet project known as Development & Regulatory Services (DRS) is due to go to Barnet Council Cabinet Resources Committee on 8 January 2013 where a contract worth up to £275 million pounds will be awarded to Capita Symonds or EC Harris.
100 PLUS reasons why One Barnet is high risk and bad for residents and services
Background
The One Barnet Programme is just one in a series of mad cap ideas which seeks to hand over public services to the private sector. The One Barnet Programme has been through a number of iterations over the last four years firstly as Future Shape, then EasyCouncil and now One Barnet although that is changing to the Commissioning Council later this year.
Whatever the name another team of expensive consultants come up with it is sadly just the same tired old ideology ‘Private Good, Public Bad’.
However critics of this approach are coming from unlikely circles, earlier this month Sir Merrick Richard Cockell Conservative Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Chairman of the Local Government Association has come out against this anti public services mantra.
“Merrick Cockell called into question the belief that local authorities should be looking to “outsource everything”.
There were some services better performed by the private sector, but the quality of other services run by councils with the “tightest budgets” had been “underestimated”.
In-house services could enable the public sector to adapt to changing environments, he said.
“If you’ve got IT in-house, actually you can be very responsive to change. If you’ve got IT outsourced … every time you want to change it, you have to renegotiate… and that takes time,” he told the newspaper.
Over the last four years our union has submitted over 30 detailed reports to the Council in an attempt to discuss an alternative less risk approach to delivering services to the residents of Barnet.
But time is running out in just over a 100 days’ time (6 December) a handful of Conservative councillors will sit in a committee room in Hendon Town Hall and agree a contract worth up to £750 million to either Capita or BT.
UNISON is still seeking a meeting with the Leader and members of his Cabinet to discuss an alternative to the high risk £billion pound One Barnet gamble.
Until we have this meeting today marks the begining of a hundred (there may be more) reasons why One Barnet Programme needs to be abandoned and an alternative plan be approved.
1. One Barnet Collection Part One http://youtu.be/JUdJY6SE1as
2. Mouchel calls in administrators http://ning.it/NAtLPj
3. Administration looms as Mouchel restructure fails http://ning.it/NUiqPQ
4. Joint Venture warning for One Barnet http://ning.it/NUiDCr
5. A Barnet resident explains “Why I am so angry about One Barnet Billion Pound Gamble!” http://ning.it/Nl0Xzz
6. After G4S is One Barnet Privatisation a realistic option…No http://ning.it/MWVw4d
7. One Barnet Collection Part Two http://youtu.be/dEJmqzwGil0
8. One Barnet Ten Year Plan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hpc4SvrQ-o
9. One Barnet Monte Carlo roulette gamble http://ning.it/Pd8vCt
10. Learn about One Barnet http://ning.it/NUiJKo
11. Word on the street One Barnet is taking local jobs http://ning.it/NUiPBE
12. One Barnet – Doubts at the top http://barneteye.blogspot.co.uk/2012_07_01_archive.html
13. Mrs Angry ..External Audit ..what is it good for? …absolutely……http://wwwbrokenbarnet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-art-of-audit-in-broken-barnet-or.html
14. Mrs Angry objects: a response from Mr Hughes, of Grant Thornton
http://wwwbrokenbarnet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/mrs-angry-objects-response-from-mr.html
15. One Barnet Joint Venture: a joint statement by the Barnet bloggers,
http://lbbspending.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-new-one-barnet-joint-venture-joint.html
16. Branch Secretary raises spectre of Southwest One disaster with all 63 councillors http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/?q=node/911
17. Cost Costs and consequences of a One Barnet Commissioning Council http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/sites/default/files/Barnet%20Commissioning%20Council%20FINAL.pdf
18. Poor procurement and contract management
http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/Procurement_contract_management.pdf
19. Barnet Council block UNISON questions for EC Harris and Capita Symonds http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/?q=node/903
20. Commissioning Council and its good friend the ‘Thin Client’ otherwise known as the ‘Invisible client’ http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/?q=node/898
21. G4S is not an isolated incident http://ning.it/OV8pPC #failedprivatisation
22. Bournemouth Council chiefs set to bring back 22 staff from outsourcing partner Mouchel http://ning.it/MhCJRY #failedprivatisation
23. Bournemouth Councillors were warned by senior council officer http://ning.it/OV8Jhi #failedprivatisation
24. Somerset council takes back services & 160 staff back in house from Southwest OneCouncil http://ning.it/OV8MtB #failedprivatisation
25. Four out of five government departments are trapped in outsourcing deals http://ning.it/OV8Ucq #failedprivatisation
26. BT overcharging Liverpool council by £10m a year, report claims http://ning.it/MhCRAW #failedprivatisation
27. Suffolk council accused of ignoring £100m ‘overspend’ on BT deal http://ning.it/MhCSoB #failedprivatisation
28. UNISON warn Barnet Councillors of high risk #One Barnet Call Centre privatisation plan http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/sites/default/files/CSO-NSO%20Update%20Assess.pdf
29. One Barnet the wrong approach to transformation
30. One Barnet – Failure to assess options
31. UNISON Future Shape briefing Number 1 http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2008/future-shape-of-the-council-london-borough-of/barnet-briefing-no-1.pdf
32. UNISON Future Shape briefing Number 2 http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2008/future-shape-of-the-council-london-borough-of/barnet-briefing-no-2.pdf
33. UNISON Future Shape briefing Number 3 http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2008/future-shape-of-the-council-london-borough-of/barnet-briefing-no-3.pdf
34. UNISON Future Shape briefing Number 4 http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2008/future-shape-of-the-council-london-borough-of/barnet-briefing-no-4.pdf
35. UNISON Future Shape briefing Number 5 http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2008/future-shape-of-the-council-london-borough-of/barnet-briefing-no-5.pdf
36. UNISON Future Shape briefing Number 6 http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2008/future-shape-of-the-council-london-borough-of/barnet-briefing-no-6.pdf
37. UNISON Future Shape briefing Number 7 http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2008/future-shape-of-the-council-london-borough-of/barnet-briefing-no-7.pdf
38. UNISON Future Shape briefing Number 8 http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2008/future-shape-of-the-council-london-borough-of/barnet-briefing-no.pdf
39. UNISON Future Shape briefing Number 9 http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2008/future-shape-of-the-council-london-borough-of/barnet-brief-no-9-leisure-contract.pdf
40. One Barnet Critique 2010 http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/public-bodies/transformation-and-public-service-reform/one-barnet-critique-2.pdf
41. Future Shape Questions http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2008/future-shape-of-the-council-london-borough-of/barnet-brief-no-9-leisure-contract.pdf
42. Good Practice Transformational Toolkit http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/public-bodies/transformation-and-public-service-reform/one-barnet-critique-2.pdf
43. Future of Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium Implications for Future Shape http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/public-bodies/transformation-and-public-service-reform/barnet-cem-crem-tu-report-2.pdf
44. Economic case for in house bids http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2010/the-economic-case-for-in-house-options-and-bid/economic-case-in-house-2.pdf
45. Critique of DRS options appraisal http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2010/easy-council-no-frills-planning-privatisation/barnet-dph-critique.pdf
46. Critique of NSCSO options appraisal http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/public-bodies/transformation-and-public-service-reform/barnet-cso-nso-critique.pdf
47. Analysis of DRS Business case http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2011/analysis-of-development-and-regulatory-service/drs-business-case-analysis.pdf
48. Analysis of NSCSO Business case http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/public-bodies/transformation-and-public-service-reform/analysis-of-business-case-for-600m-750m-new-support-customer-services-project-london-borough-of-barnet.pdf
49. UNISON draft protocol on Competitive Dialogue http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/public-bodies/transformation-and-public-service-reform/barnet-competitive-dialogue-protocol.pdf
50. UNISON Draft Procurement Protocol 2009 http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/public-bodies/transformation-and-public-service-reform/barnet-corporate-procurement-strategy.pdf
51. Future Shape of the Council The Flaws in Barnet’s Commissioning and Procurement Policy http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/news/2008/future-shape-of-the-council-the-flaws-in-barne/barnet-procure-report-2.pdf
52. Sefton Council to end £65m technical services contract with Capita Symonds http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/11/25/sefton-council-to-end-65m-technical-services-contract-with-capita-symonds-92534-29838970/
53. Cumbria County Council: We’ll sort our own ICT support, thanks http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/07/18/cumbria_services
54. Cumbria council brings Amey staff back in-house http://www.nce.co.uk/news/business/cumbria-council-brings-amey-staff-back-in-house/8619218.article
55. The value of returning local authority services in-house in an era of budget constraints http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/20122.pdf
56. A day last year when President Obama expressed a wish to meet the Famous Five Bloggers http://youtu.be/XKBPUBSFGZI
57. All about the money http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=jEqOugdr04c&NR=1
58. President Obama addressing Barnet UNISON members about One Barnet last year http://goanimate.com/videos/0YEbYu06cXU0?utm_source=linkshare&uid=0HgcHzZR9Qi4
59. President Obama on lessons on outsourcing http://goanimate.com/videos/0XaHkmEoRfzI/1
60. Where residents can go to find out more about One Barnet http://goanimate.com/videos/04ORBzYXZ9hU/1
61. Insourcing: A guide to bringing local authority services back in-house http://www.apse.org.uk/page-flips/2011/insourcing/files/in-sourcing.pdf
62. Government urged to ditch Capita after ILA failure http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=170259§ioncode=26
63. National Express slumps into red after rail fiasco http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/7318295/National-Express-slumps-into-red-after-rail-fiasco.html#
64. Mrs Angry Leaving One Barnet http://wwwbrokenbarnet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/leaving-one-barnet.html
65. Rochdale Council to bring property and highway services back in house http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/64597/council-to-bring-property-and-highway-services-back-in-house
66. Somerset Council to bring Southwest One services back in house http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240142323/Somerset-Council-to-bring-Southwest-One-services-back-in-house
67. One Barnet Outsourcing ….it’s never too late to say no! http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/?q=node/907
69. One Barnet Outsourcing – Do residents really understand what it is all about http://reasonablenewbarnet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/one-barnet-outsourcing-do-residents.html
70. Care homes are checked after deadly bacteria found in water http://www.barnet-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=7209
71. Privatisation of Social Care – What would you do? http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/?q=node/580
72. Barnet Council – Metpro Scandal – Open letter to Leader and CEO http://barneteye.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/barnet-council-metpro-scandal-open.html
73. Edinburgh halts privatisation plan http://www.unison.org.uk/news/news_view.asp?did=7538
74. Aberdeen wins battle against privatisation http://www.unison.org.uk/news/news_view.asp?did=7708
75. IBM in dispute with Joint Venture South West One partners http://ning.it/NIv8LJ Barnet Council choose Joint Venture for One Barnet http://ning.it/O2XOF3
76. Joint Venture failing big time http://ning.it/O2XG8F Barnet Council choose Joint Venture for One Barnet http://ning.it/O2XOF3
77. Somerset Council braces for lawsuit from Southwest One shared service venture http://ning.it/O2Yeew Barnet Council choose Joint Venture for One Barnet http://ning.it/O2XOF3
78. Mouchel bankruptcy shouldn’t be ‘business as usual’ for public bodies http://ning.it/O309Qp
79. Bournemouth asked to ‘insource’ following Mouchel restructure http://ning.it/O350RE
80. Lawyer urges worried buyers to check Mouchel contracts http://ning.it/O35FlV
81. Mr Mustard Is the One Barnet Parking Contract robust? http://ning.it/NKbgYM
82. Mr Reasonable Barnet Supplier Payments – is spending out of control? http://ning.it/NKbNK8
83. Milton Keynes severing ties with Mouchel http://ning.it/O53gHB #fail privatisation
84. Planning to Outsource Planning by Julia Hines http://ning.it/O59ZBd
85. Greensquare Field – Planning to Outsource Planning part 2 by Julia Hines http://ning.it/O5ao6K
86. More evidence of private sector failure on IT contracts in Scotland http://ning.it/O5bzDl
87. Mrs Angry One Barnet: A Warning from History http://ning.it/O5bWxr
88. Mrs Angry Pulling out at the last minute: Strategic partnerships, and how to avoid unwanted consequences http://ning.it/O5c5kJ
89. Mrs Angry’s School for Scandal: A lesson in outsourcing – Part Two http://ning.it/O5c4gF
90. Mrs Angry Would like to meet? Love and outsourcing in the One Barnet House of Fun http://ning.it/NKjhgd
91. BT to sue council over “unlawful” contract termination http://ning.it/O5forT
92. BT will agree to drop a threat to sue the Liverpool council for £56m. http://ning.it/NKn2SN another Joint Venture which failed to deliver
93. Barnet UNISON – Briefing Number 1 Edinburgh an example of an alternative http://ning.it/NMdRS3 sent to all 63 Barnet councillors
94.Somerset Joint Venture the beginning of the end? http://ning.it/O8mT1p
95. Mr Reasonable ‘Arrogance, Overspend, Complacency and the Audit Trail that Leads Nowhere http://ning.it/O8n7FQ
96. Mrs Angry ‘Mr Reasonable and Mr Hughes, and yes, everything in the garden is lovely. Still’ http://ning.it/O8naRX
97. Barnet residents write open letter to all 63 One Barnet councillors http://ning.it/NMeevO
98. Joint Venture Southwest One sues Somerset Council http://ning.it/NXuutW
99. Liddell-Grainger, MP ‘it was a fairyland offer that has cost the council taxpayers of my county millions of pounds’ http://ning.it/NXuZ7p
100. BREAKING NEWS One Barnet Mastermind Special Edition local resident scores top marks http://youtu.be/8Wb3QloW7No
101. Union joins chorus asking for Cornwall Council privatisation plans to be paused “The proposals, which was rejected by a majority of councillors at the authority yesterday afternoon, would see up to 1,000 staff transferred to a new private company.” http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/9911304.Union_joins_chorus_asking_for_Cornwall_Council_privatisation_plans_to_be_paused/
102. Cabinet ignores vote by council
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Cabinet-ignores-vote-council/story-16836691-detail/story.html
103. Confirmed – Southwest One to sue Somerset, but Surrey Police halt their outsource http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Cabinet-ignores-vote-council/story-16836691-detail/story.html
104. Briefing Number 1 Briefing Number 1 Edinburgh an example of an alternative http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/sites/default/files/Edinburgh.pdf
105. Briefing Number 2 Cornwall Outsourcing http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/sites/default/files/Cornwall.pdf
106. Briefing Number 3 Lessons from Southwest One Joint Venture http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/sites/default/files/Somerset.pdf
107. Briefing Number 4 Street Lighting PFI http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/sites/default/files/street%20lighting%20No%204.pdf
108. Briefing Number 5 What are Joint Ventures?” http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/sites/default/files/What%20are%20Joint%20Ventures%20Briefing%20No%205.pdf
109. Briefing Number 6 ‘G4S Fiasco’ http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/sites/default/files/Briefing%20No%206%20G4S.pdf
110. Briefing Number 7 One Barnet contract monitoring or thin client which is it to be? http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/sites/default/files/Briefing%20Number%207%20-%20One%20Barnet%20Contract%20Monitoring.pdf
111. Briefing Number 8 ‘How Joint Ventures Work’ http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/sites/default/files/Briefing%20Number%208%20How%20Joint%20Ventures%20work.pdf
112. Briefing Number 9 ‘Regulatory Services & Risk’ http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/sites/default/files/Briefing%20Number%209%20-%20Regulatory%20Services%20&%20Risk.pdf
113. Barnet resident debunks Graph of Doom with Graph of Choices http://ning.it/PoyAfv