Tag Archives: Outsourcing

Capita’s pension debacle poses the question “what else can Government outsource?”

This letter asks a question that poses the practical against the philosophic laws of outsourcing. For those who reckon that privatisation is the way forward, we have been moving forward since the days of Margaret Thatcher. For those who are … Continue reading

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“Transparency” needs to do some work.

I worry the work on transparency is hypothetical – that it lacks practical application – that it has no immediate value to the consumer. But then I think of the conversations I’ve been having with consumers – these past four … Continue reading

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Coalition – come clean on your plan for our pension.

My criticism of the Green Paper is that while it is long on philosophising on the impact of longevity, the need for fairness and for personal responsibility, it’s short on idntifying the winners and losers in the process.

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