Sentences to be reduced by third for good behaviour and if work, training or education assignments completedPrisoners will be able to earn their freedom after serving a third of their sentences under new minimum and maximum...
Read MoreFirms such as Serco and Virgin Active pull facial recognition and fingerprint scan systems used to monitor staff attendanceDozens of companies including national leisure centre chains are reviewing or pulling facial recognition...
Read MoreExclusive: Concerns raised over contracts for supporting asylum seekers, educating young offenders and providing prison foodThe number of outsourced government services that are failing to meet standards has risen sharply, with...
Read MoreEx-Serco chief Rupert Soames says financial support was for ‘friend’ and prospective MP Angus MacDonaldRupert Soames, the grandson of the Conservative wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, has donated nearly...
Read MoreObserver reveals that companies are getting big contracts in spite of paying penalties for corruption or fraudCompanies that have paid hundreds of millions in fines and penalties, have defrauded Whitehall or have faced...
Read MoreHighlands-London service will be run by state-owned company after operator Serco loses contract seven years earlyThe Caledonian Sleeper rail service will be nationalised after Scottish ministers moved to terminate the operating...
Read MoreScottish government says outsource firm Serco will lose contract to run Caledonian Sleeper next yearSerco will lose its contract to run the Caledonian Sleeper next year, the Scottish government has confirmed, with the troubled...
Read More£1bn scheme is latest to scramble to raise cash after chancellor’s tax-cutting mini-budget sparks turmoil• Doom loops and margin calls: 10 terms that explain the market meltdownThe pension scheme trustees at the...
Read MoreRupert Soames has offered robust defences of controversial outsourcing firm since 2014The UK government contractor Serco has announced the planned retirement next year of its chief executive, Rupert Soames, who said “it is...
Read MoreFamily accommodated in a Midlands hotel were sick after eating meal provided by SercoChildren in a Home Office hotel unwittingly ate worms that were in food provided to them by government contractors, the Guardian has learned.A...
Read MoreLatest updates: UK medical officers agree to reduce Covid threat level but stress health services remains under severe pressureCovid tests and masks will not be compulsory at English schools, says ministerLosing job during...
Read MoreScottish first minister questioned about Alex Salmond claims at first minister’s questions Sturgeon: Salmond may have questions to answer about past conduct 2.59pm GMTOne in five adults in England under 70 have had their...
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