'Why have councils fallen out of love with outsourcing vital services'

The title of an article in The Guardian (by Lizzie Presser) which draws on ESSU's database of PPP Strategic Partnerships and evidence of a high contract failure rate. Includes comments about the benefits of in-house services from leaders of Cumbria County Council, Liverpool City, the London Borough of Islington and the Local Government Association's improvement and innovation board. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/mar/02/councils-outsourcing-cumbria-pu blic- private-partnership-in-house