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G4S Boss Quits (At Last)

PA | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK

The boss of security giant G4S is to stand down - just months after he came under fire for his company's botched handling of its Olympics Games contra...

G4S Security Guards In New Probe

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK

An Angolan man died after being restrained by G4S security guards as he was being deported, an inquest has heard. Jimmy Mubenga, 46, became ill on ...

Jessica Elgot

Private Prisons 'Are Better Than Public Ones'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 21.02.2013 | UK

Private prisons are more efficient and better at managing re-offending than public prisons, and jails should be put on the open market by the governme...

Plans To 'Privatise' Probation Officers Of Sex Offenders, Gang Members?

PA | Posted 17.02.2013 | UK

Some 2,300 sex offenders will be among the criminals whose supervision is outsourced to private contractors under Government reforms to probation, it ...

G4S Loses 28% Of Olympics Security Pay After Locog Claws Back £70m

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Charlie Thomas | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK

G4S - the security firm whose bungled attempts to provide enough people for the Olympic Games made headlines worldwide, is to take a bigger-than-expec...

G4S Loses Out In Private Prison Bid

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.11.2012 | UK

Security giant G4S has lost its contract to run a prison and failed to win any further prison contracts it was bidding for, the Ministry of Justice ha...

The Court Interpreting Fiasco Continues as Capita Agreement Is Branded 'Unsalvageable'

Thomas Midlane | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK Politics
Thomas Midlane

The decision to hand over the court interpreting contract to Capita is simply yet another example of the bull-headed belief that subcontracting out services to private firms always leads to a sleeker, more efficient service.

What are the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections About?

Vera Baird QC | Posted 23.12.2012 | UK Politics
Vera Baird QC

These elections can bring new policing horizons and Labour should fight them keenly.

G4S 'Used Force On Pregnant Woman'

PA | Posted 23.10.2012 | UK

A pregnant woman in a wheelchair was tipped up and had her feet held by staff from the firm behind the Olympics security shambles as she was forcibly ...

Outsourcing Does Not Need To Be a Dirty Word

Andy Vaughan | Posted 16.12.2012 | UK
Andy Vaughan

Recent high profile news stories have thrust outsourcing into the public spotlight and under this brightness, our industry may seem pale and washed out. Despite this, it has to be understood that whenever private sector companies bid for public sector contracts, there is always a great amount of scrutiny through formal EU governed processes - after all, it is our money that is being spent and we want it spent in the best possible way.

G4S 'Was Warned Not To Employ Guard Before Iraq Killing'

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 01.10.2012 | UK

Security company G4S was warned against arming a security guard who killed two of his colleagues in Iraq, a BBC investigation has claimed. Accordin...

G4S Directors Resign Over Olympic Security Shambles

PA | Posted 27.11.2012 | UK

Two G4S directors have resigned in the wake of an independent review into the company's botched Olympic Games contract. Chief operating officer Dav...

Should G4S Be Banned?

PA | Posted 21.09.2012 | UK Politics

G4S, the private company at the centre of the Olympics security shambles, should be the first outfit on a Government blacklist of high-risk firms that...

The Real Olympic Legacy? Surrey Police Pull Out Of G4S Scheme

PA | Posted 06.09.2012 | UK

A police authority has confirmed that it is pulling out of a privatisation scheme following the failure of security firm G4S to provide enough guards ...

G4S Reveals Cost Of Olympic Security Debacle

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.10.2012 | UK

G4S' failure to provide security for the Olympics games has lost the company in the region of £50 million. The security company is conducting an i...

Olympic Security Firm On Hunt For Ex-Police Officers

PA | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK

The private firm at the centre of the Olympics security shambles is looking to hire former police officers as civilian investigators to work on sensit...

Philip Hammond: G4S Fiasco Has Made Me Pause For Thought

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK Politics

Defence secretary Philip Hammond has suggested the failure of security firm G4S to fulfil their contract to guard the London 2012 Olympics has made hi...

G4S Donates £2.4m To Army After Security Blunder

PA | Posted 13.08.2012 | UK

G4S is to donate £2.5 million to the Armed Forces as a "goodwill gesture" after 18,200 military personnel were drafted in for London 2012 following a...

G4S Set To Extend Deal To Protect British Embassy In Afghanistan

PA | Posted 12.08.2012 | UK

The firm behind the Olympic Games security fiasco has reportedly extended its deal to protect the British embassy in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. ...

Nun Breaches G4S Nuclear Facility Guards In US

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 04.08.2012 | UK

There were more red faces at G4S after the UK-run security firm heavily criticised for its London 2012 preparations allowed three anti-nuclear protest...

Olympics Security Police Lose Keys

PA | Posted 28.09.2012 | UK

Police checking security at Wembley Stadium for the Olympic Games have lost a set of keys. Officers searching the venue ahead of the start of event...

Troops, Students And Teachers Fill Gaps In Games

PA | Posted 29.07.2012 | UK

Troops, students and teachers could all be asked to fill gaps left in empty Olympic stadiums, Lord Coe has said. Members of the military are being ...

Three Olympic Security Staff Arrested Hours Before First Shift

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.07.2012 | UK

Three Olympic security guards have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences just hours before they took up their duties. The trio, who we...

Olympic Security: A Herculean Task

Peter Blair | Posted 23.09.2012 | UK
Peter Blair

The London Olympics are nearly upon us, and while a lot of the focus is going to fall on how disorganised the whole affair will inevitably be, I'm shaken more by the opportunity it presents for a large scale terrorist attack.

Jeremy Hunt Calls Up Extra 1,200 Troops

PA | Posted 23.09.2012 | UK Politics

An additional 1,200 troops are to be deployed at the Olympics amid continued concern about security staffing. Ministers took the decision this morn...