Jon Trickett MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, responding to Interserve’s shares dropping this morning after widening losses, said:

“Interserve’s results are the latest in a series of warnings about the risks of outsourcing. After Carillion’s collapse, and Capita’s results last week, the Tories need to sit up and take action.

“The Government has been utterly dogmatic about outsourcing and has been blind to its failures.

“Labour in government will introduce a presumption in favour of in-house provision of public services.”