Taxpayers are investors too. Public money should leave lasting public value behind.

Taxpayers are investors too. Public money should leave lasting public value behind.

Abandoned by the company they worked for, let down by Labour and their unions – now they watch their friends turn to Reform for answers, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Learn how you must use the new Procurement Act 2023 notices to buy goods and services in the public sector.

Learn how you must use the new Procurement Act 2023 notices to buy goods and services in the public sector.

Things can only get better

Things can only get better

From Katharine Sutton, Managing Director, Aspire Community Works, London E2, UK

From Katharine Sutton, Managing Director, Aspire Community Works, London E2, UK

From Katharine Sutton, Managing Director, Aspire Community Works, London E2, UK

Making Real Living Wage the baseline, not the bonus.

Making Real Living Wage the baseline, not the bonus.

Making Real Living Wage the baseline, not the bonus.

The Government has issued a further consultation on procurement and is promising changes in procurement law when time allows. Most of the proposed changes have been anticipated but there ae some interesting proposals including a relaxation of competition law in relation to services for vulnerable people. The key proposals are requiring large contracting authorities to […]

Procurement is an important topic for anyone interested in tackling inequality. With the new Procurement Act 2023 it's important to consider how we can ensure public money works for social good.

Procurement is an important topic for anyone interested in tackling inequality. With the new Procurement Act 2023 it's important to consider how we can ensure public money works for social good.

Cabinet Office written statement – made at 26 February 2025

Cabinet Office written statement – made at 26 February 2025

Procurement is an important topic for anyone interested in tackling inequality. With the new Procurement Act 2023 it's important to consider how we can ensure public money works for social good.

Procurement is an important topic for anyone interested in tackling inequality. With the new Procurement Act 2023 it's important to consider how we can ensure public money works for social good.

Hansard record of the item : 'Outsourcing: Government Departments' on Wednesday 29 January 2025.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has announced a new inquiry into forced labour in UK supply chains. The inquiry will examine the UK’s legal and voluntary frameworks underpinning the UK&rsquo...

New public procurement rules set to allow more social enterprises and small businesses to bid in process

Katharine Sutton is Chief Executive of Aspire Community Works, a social enterprise provider of public services whose #BetterForUs campaign advocates a wellb ...