Carillion halted stupid, unthinking outsourcing. Now it’s time for reform

Serco boss Rupert Soames has come up with a plan to reform delivery of public services by private firmsCarillion is bust, leaving job losses, underfunded pension schemes and half-finished hospitals in its wake. The east coast mainline is a shambles – again. Interserve, a company with 25,000 staff in the UK supplying the public sector in health, education and defence, is being watched closely by the government in case the crisis in the outsourcing industry gets worse. Capita, which used to