Winnie Agbonlahor and Colin Marrs

Government outsourcing spend up by 23%
27 Jun 2014 Commercial
Government outsourcing spend up by 23%

Government spending on outsourcing contracts rose by 23% to £1.2bn between 2012 and 2013, bringing the two-year total to £2.3bn, while expenditure in most other sectors fell by between 1% and 20%, according to analysis of public sector transactions carried out by the Institute for Government (IfG).