The Carillion Crisis Shows It’s Time To Take Back Control From Contractors

The unfolding Carillion crisis has brought the failures of our broken economy into stark relief.Today we have seen the collapse of a company that runs swathes of Britain’s public services. Carillion holds £16 billion worth of public sector contracts, including contracts in hospitals, schools and prisons. Tens of thousands of jobs and vital services that hundreds of thousands of people depend on are on the line.Despite multiple profit warnings, Ministers have continued to spoon-feed t