Council issue

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born_again said:

Is this actually a council service, or has it be outsourced to a 3rd party Co?

Council service, cant see councils outsourcing to a 3rd party co.

Aylesbury_Duck

Deleted_User said:

born_again said:

Is this actually a council service, or has it be outsourced to a 3rd party Co?

Council service, cant see councils outsourcing to a 3rd party co.

They do in various parts of the country.

user1977

Deleted_User said:

born_again said:

Is this actually a council service, or has it be outsourced to a 3rd party Co?

Council service, cant see councils outsourcing to a 3rd party co.

Why not? Quite a few do for waste collection. But it doesn't affect the householders' rights either way.

[Deleted User]

user1977 said:

Deleted_User said:

born_again said:

Is this actually a council service, or has it be outsourced to a 3rd party Co?

Council service, cant see councils outsourcing to a 3rd party co.

Why not? Quite a few do for waste collection. But it doesn't affect the householders' rights either way.

Councils dont have the money! 

Manxman_in_exile

I'm pretty certain ours is outsourced to a private contractor.  That's why the council has officers monitoring contract performance.

(Haven't these sort of services been subject to tender since the late 80s?)

user1977

Deleted_User said:

user1977 said:

Deleted_User said:

born_again said:

Is this actually a council service, or has it be outsourced to a 3rd party Co?

Council service, cant see councils outsourcing to a 3rd party co.

Why not? Quite a few do for waste collection. But it doesn't affect the householders' rights either way.

Councils dont have the money! 

Lots of councils outsource various services. Having employees on their books, owning the vehicles and depots etc all costs money if it's in-house.

Aylesbury_Duck

Deleted_User said:

user1977 said:

Deleted_User said:

born_again said:

Is this actually a council service, or has it be outsourced to a 3rd party Co?

Council service, cant see councils outsourcing to a 3rd party co.

Why not? Quite a few do for waste collection. But it doesn't affect the householders' rights either way.

Councils dont have the money! 

Which is why some outsource because it can be cheaper than delivering it in-house.

born_again

Deleted_User said:

Councils dont have the money! 

Companies tender to pay the council for the service... 

[Deleted User]

My local council has this on their website: 'During strike action there are legal restrictions on what we can do to cover the work of people who are on strike. We are not permitted to cover their work using agency staff, for example.'

Aylesbury_Duck

Deleted_User said:

My local council has this on their website: 'During strike action there are legal restrictions on what we can do to cover the work of people who are on strike. We are not permitted to cover their work using agency staff, for example.'

That's a slightly different matter, though.  Your council can't rapidly outsource to cover industrial action.  OP was asked if their service was outsourced or in-house.