Privatisation works…………..for the private sector.

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Audit Commission produced a report in 2008 called For Better For Worse, it was damning indictment of SSDP’s

“Private sector experience suggests that 60 to 70 per cent of strategic partnership arrangements between companies fail, and few meet expectations.”

For the last two years the Trade Unions have submitted countless reports produced by Professor Dexter Whitfield.  The Trade Unions have offered another way to deal with the challenges facing public service but do date this offer continues to be rejected.

Yesterday I received a briefing from national UNISON concerning damning leaked internal Liverpool City Council (LCC) report into Liverpool Direct Limited (LDL) which is highly critical of LDL.

Having read the report to call it damning is being polite. It makes horrendous reading for supporters of Strategic Partnerships.

The report found that

  1. The council had been overcharged (at a conservative estimate) by £19m
  2. The cost of the contract could be cut by £10m a year
  3. Transparency and agreement on future investment were problematic
  4. There needed to be an effective and transparent governance structure
  5. The council could save £23 million annually by taking the work in-house.

Rather than read my rant read it for yourself and make your own decision.

The report is to found at two links

here and here

Barnet Council Cabinet Committee agreed Strategic Service Delivery Partnership’s (SSDP) are the only way to deliver 25% savings.

I don’t how they came to this decision without any supporting evidence.