The Scottish Government is currently considering tenders for a seven-year contract to transport prisoners around Scotland.
 

 It’s tempting fate to get into this particular subject again, but I cannot pass by an analysis by the Institute for

An article in last week’s Sunday Times comparing pay and conditions in the private and public sector has caused controversy, with charges that the comparisons made were unfair.

Eight out of ten doctors are concerned about private companies profiting from the National Health Service, according to a poll from the British Medical Association and Doctors.net.uk.

“Say it again, say it often: the public sector is less well-paid” says Polly Toynbee in today’s Guardian. She can say it as often as she likes: but that doesn’t make it true.