Home Office 'limited oversight' of accountability of police outsourcing arrangements is 'inadequate', say MPs

Sooraj Shah
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Report raises questions over the wisdom of the Met Police's £216m outsourcing deal with SSCL

MPs are concerned that the Home Office only has "limited oversight" of outsourcing arrangements for police forces in England and Wales. A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report called Financial ...

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