Shadow State: Inside the Secret Companies that Run Britain - Softcover

White, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780745745 ISBN 13: 9781780745749

Publisher: Oneworld Publications, 2016

Synopsis

Every year the British government spends £80 billion outsourcing public services. Today, private companies are responsible for fulfilling some of the most sensitive and important roles of the state – running prisons and providing healthcare, transport, legal aid, even child protection. These organizations have been handed enormous amounts of power and yet for the most part they operate with no transparency or accountability.

From deportations to NHS cutbacks, Alan White exposes what goes wrong when the invisible hand of the market is introduced into public services. Informed by exclusive interviews with senior managers, campaigners and whistle-blowers, Shadow State is the first book to examine the controversial phenomenon of government outsourcing. Not only does White provide the full story behind scandals involving G4S, Serco and ATOS, but he also reveals previously unknown cases of system failure in areas such as social care, welfare and justice. The picture that develops is deeply troubling.

About this title

About the Author

Alan White is UK Breaking News Reporter at Buzzfeed. He has written for The Times, the Guardian, Private Eye and the TLS, amongst other publications. His series of articles, 'The Shadow State', ran on the New Statesman website and were amongst its most read pieces. He lives in London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780745745
• ISBN 13: 9781780745749
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320