Government IT dependency is no longer just a procurement problem. Britain’s reliance on foreign-controlled software, cloud platforms and outsourcing firms is a strategic security risk, weakening resilience, data control, tax accountability and state capacity.
How Taxpayers Lose Out While Private Profits Soar Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are often sold as efficient, innovative solutions to deliver essential public services. In practice, many of these deals in the UK have brought ballooning costs, poor outcomes, and handsome profits for private firms. Worse, some of these companies have links to politicians and use … Read more
