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Related: About this forumExtend Freedom of Information to private contractors for Government
https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/extend-foi?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=generic&utm_campaign=BZGvQvwAjcWhat are Serco and G4S spending our public money on? Right now, none of us have the right to know. Because private companies hired by the government arent covered by transparency laws.
But this could change. The governments considering extending Freedom of Information laws to cover private companies. Itll mean we can finally see whats going on behind closed doors - in privatised NHS services, failing prisons and anything else thats been flogged to the highest bidder.
The ideas been leaked in the press. And politicians will be seeing what reaction it gets. A huge petition now, signed by hundreds of thousands of us, will leave them in no doubt: the public deserves the right to know what anyone who spends public money is up to.
But this could change. The governments considering extending Freedom of Information laws to cover private companies. Itll mean we can finally see whats going on behind closed doors - in privatised NHS services, failing prisons and anything else thats been flogged to the highest bidder.
The ideas been leaked in the press. And politicians will be seeing what reaction it gets. A huge petition now, signed by hundreds of thousands of us, will leave them in no doubt: the public deserves the right to know what anyone who spends public money is up to.
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Extend Freedom of Information to private contractors for Government (Original Post)
T_i_B
Jan 2016
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non sociopath skin
(4,972 posts)1. I'm not holding my breath ....
The Skin
T_i_B
(14,737 posts)2. It's a really good idea...
...therefore I think it's only right to promote it.
I don't hold out much hope for Cameron & Co doing anything good, but if we don't keep the pressure up on them then you can guarantee that they won't.
LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)3. k&r&signed
I don't have high hopes of it happening, but with enough pressure, who knows?
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)4. G4S's activities in Israel
are shocking enough. Considering what they already let us know about them I hate to think what could be so bad it needs to be hidden.
LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)5. G4S are involved in yet another scandal