The Guardian has reported that a Whitehall outsourcing scheme is costing more than the savings it was supposed to generate. The public accounts committee warned ministers they must act to improve leadership and governance to prevent more money being wasted. The idea was that 26 organisations would use two shared service centres to provide back office functions, however it was far too easy for departments to leave the scheme with no penalty. It would be fair to say that government targets were a bit off on this case and maybe tighter controls would be useful in the future.

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