Government ‘ineffectiveness’ pushed Carillion toward collapse, say MPs

By Jordan Marshall2018-07-09T00:00:00

Government’s attitude to outsourcing led to contractor’s risky public sector jobs, said Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

The government’s attitude to public sector outsourcing is partly responsible for the collapse of Carillion, according to MPs investigating how government employs the private sector.

According to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s After Carillion: Public Sector Outsourcing and Contracting report, which was published today, the government had to accept some responsibility for the position Carillion found itself in.

The report said: “Our report finds that government ineffectiveness has contributed to the problems that Carillion and other companies have faced.

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