Around £385bn is spent through public procurement every year, with £146bn spent on outsourced services. This is a phenomenal sum from the public purse and raises fundamental questions as to how that money should be spent.
One thing is clear, we ought not to advance public money in ways which harm public good. That harm manifests in many ways; exploiting or removing fair employment and fair wages, extracting wealth from hard-up local areas, operating practices that damage the local environment and removing choice, quality, and efficiency from the public purse.
