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National Audit Office (NAO) investigators yesterday exposed more failings by G4S and Serco during an inquiry into the firms' use of private accommodation for asylum-seekers.
They found the scandal-hit companies had failed to meet contractual standards in some areas such as property conditions.
The government is now attempting to recover rebates worth £7 million due to poor performance.
Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY
Despite Labour’s promises to bring things ‘in-house,’ the Justice Secretary has awarded notorious outsourcing outfit Mitie a £329 million contract to run a new prison — despite its track record of abuse and neglect in its migrant facilities, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
