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OUTSOURCING services involving vulnerable people will be banned by Labour under new guidelines to tackle privatisation.
The plans involve assessing contracts when they expire to consider whether they involve services that come into contact with “at risk" people.
These services include assessments for sick and disabled people claiming benefits, NHS care, the treatment of people in detention centres and prisons, and failures over recruitment and substandard housing for troops.
If the contract does involve contact with “at risk” groups, statutory guidance will be to bring the service back in house.
Shadow communities and local government secretary Andrew Gwynne said: “For too long the British public have paid the price for outsourcing.
“The Tories’ dogmatic commitment to markets at all costs has delivered sub-standard services at inflated prices.
“And when they fail, as they often do, it’s the taxpayer that picks up the bill.
“Labour is proposing a radical new settlement that gives people the power to end outsourcing and decide for themselves how best to deliver the services they need.”
