Where's the money? | Recruiter

13 September 2012

The National Audit Office recently gave its blessing to £1.6 billion of cost savings claimed by the Office of Government Commerce. But critics question how much of this is really hard cash. David Arminas assesses the evidence; plus an

Successive governments have tried to quash the perception that its £15 billion annual purchasing budget is a soft touch for suppliers, and that millions of pounds are wasted every year as a result of poor procurement practices. Labour's key move was to set up the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) in April 2000.

Sir Peter Gershon, former managing director of...

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