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Wed Dec 10, 2014, 09:06 AM Dec 2014

Government too trusting of big suppliers, say MPs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30399245

The government has become too dependent on a handful of "quasi-monopoly" private sector contractors to provide public services, MPs have warned.

The Public Accounts Committee said the fact Whitehall departments continued to award work to Serco and G4S while they were under investigation for overcharging highlighted the problem.

It said ministers had placed "too much trust" in a small pool of large firms.
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