[kirklancaster]

Revealed: government plans for police privatisation



West Midlands and Surrey police offer £1.5bn contract under which private firms may investigate crime and detain suspects.

Street patrols could be handled by security firms under the government's police privatisation plans.

Private companies could take responsibility for investigating crimes, patrolling neighbourhoods and even detaining suspects under a radical privatisation plan being put forward by two of the largest police forces in the country.

West Midlands and Surrey have invited bids from G4S and other major security companies on behalf of all forces across England and Wales to take over the delivery of a wide range of services previously carried out by the police.

The contract is the largest on police privatisation so far, with a potential value of £1.5bn over seven years, rising to a possible £3.5bn depending on how many other forces get involved.

This scale dwarfs the recent £200m contract between Lincolnshire police and G4S, under which half the force's civilian staff are to join the private security company, which will also build and run a police station for the first time.

The home secretary, Theresa May, who has imposed a 20% cut in Whitehall grants on forces, has said frontline policing can be protected by using the private sector to transform services provided to the public, but this is the first clear indication of what that will mean in practice. May said on Thursday that she hoped the "business partnership" programme would be in place next spring.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/m...ty-firms-crime

[Shaun]

[Kizzy]

Have you seen the date of this report?
Mind you if they have free rein to implement whatever they like now so I don't doubt that all public services will be tendered... It's what the public wanted remember :/

[Kizzy]

Speaking of public services..

'Ministers are under pressure to give the NHS an emergency cash injection after official figures showed hospitals overspent by £1bn last year.

NHS providers of care in England – hospitals as well as mental health, ambulance and community services – ended 2014-15 with £821.6m in deficit. That was a more than seven times higher than the previous year’s £107m shortfall.

Rising demand for care, a soaring bill for agency staff and the need to make billions of pounds of efficiency savings contributed to the serious financial downturn and led to warnings that this could soon damage patient care.'

Who gets the feeling they're trying to curry favour towards flogging the NHS?

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2...ministers-told

[Toy Soldier]

Just waiting for ED-209 personally.

You have 15 seconds to comply.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Just waiting for ED-209 personally.

You have 15 seconds to comply.

[Nedusa]

This would be a recipe for anarchy as most people would struggle to recognise the authority of such a force. People would not comply with them and would have no respect for them.

I suspect force would be met with force in equal measure.

A rather shortsighted and ultimately dangerous proposal which I think will never see the light of day.

[Kizzy]

I think it will happen, they're running the police down like they are with the NHS corroding public faith and perception, making it impossible through lack of adequate funding to operate effectively then highlighting failings as reasons to tender underperforming services.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I think it will happen, they're running the police down like they are with the NHS corroding public faith and perception, making it impossible through lack of adequate funding to operate effectively then highlighting failings as reasons to tender underperforming services.

I actually agree with this and think the same. They did it with Prisons and look what a **** up that was at a cost of millions to put right.

[arista]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Yes Ed 209
perfect top take care of Russell Brand


Yes Chief
send it in.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Just waiting for ED-209 personally.

You have 15 seconds to comply.

Yes thats long enough for Russell Brand

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes Ed 209
perfect top take care of Russell Brand


Yes Chief
send it in.

Mint Arista.

[Kizzy]

Yes down with all the insubordinates and the anti establishment view.