Barnet Council decided to move forward with its plan to transfer 120 education staff to Cambridge Education, an independent global education services company.

This outsourcing deal affects 120 posts related to the school admissions and services for students with special needs areas as well as 340 catering staff that will have their jobs transferred to another company.

The Professional Outsourcing Magazine (PO Magazine) says that this deal is being “framed as a strategic partnership rather than straightforward outsourcing” process.

“This appears to be the way with many outsourcing arrangements at the moment”, the PO Magazine adds.

The Conservative council incumbents defend this kind of deals, as some in-house services are becoming not viable for some entities. A vision not shared by their counterparts from the Labour party.

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