All of a sudden Labour is rushing to do some good. Call it the 'Burnham effect' | Polly Toynbee (opens in new tab)

The end of outsourcing government jobs, from cleaners to security, is just one progressive idea set in motion in this pivotal byelection weekIn the quiet pause before the storm of the Makerfield result drops, good news has passed unnoticed. “The age of outsourcing is over,” declares the Cabinet Office. There will be “the biggest wave of insourcing of public services for a generation” Rachel Reeves “New approach to procurement signals ambition to end the era of outsourcing by default,” goes th...