Chris Williamson has been on Russia Today (where else?) lambasting the government for outsourcing to private firms. The Corbynista favourite said that ‘public services are being used as a cash cow to generate private profit’ – and, in the wake of the collapse of Carillion, it was time to ‘remove the private sector from all public services’. He went on to say:
‘The way in which the privateers make their margins is by screwing down the workforce that they employ, cutting back on their terms and conditions and diminishing the quality of service to the general public.’
But Mr S notes that Williamson has not always been so opposed to private firms getting taxpayers’ money for taking on contracts. During his time as leader of Derby City Council, Williamson hailed a new service run by Capita. Indeed, Williamson was full of praise for the outsourcing giant, saying:
‘Having worked with Capita for over ten years…we were confident that they could deliver the IT platform to take advantage of future developments such as mobile working and the shared services approach.
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