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Capita 370M Whitehall outsourcing deal challenged in court

Capita won a £370 million ten-year UK government outsourcing contract for HR and finance services across four departments, significantly below the £958.7 million estimated value, facing a legal challenge from rival Sopra Steria over abnormally low bidding.

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 months ago

Lost decade' of progress after UK introduced shared parental leave, say experts

Freedom of information requests made by the Guardian show that just 1.55% of parental leave requests made at those employers in the last five years were for shared parental leave (SPL). From 274,755 requests for parental leave across NHS England, Scotland and Wales, HMRC, the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Work and Pensions between 2020 and 2025, just 4,264 were for SPL.

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fromTheregister

6 months ago