A policy arrives from Labour.
Pledging to take the opportunity to review public procurement rules - one of the major benefits of Brexit - to ensure that ‘social value’: jobs, tax revenues, skills and even the demands and requirement of an industrial strategy are fully taken into account when spending public money is important. This could even open up the question of state aid for critically important sectors.
Also interesting to see Rachel Reeves on Marr talking about creating ‘jobs you can raise a family on’ and mentioning union rates and quality work. A direct lift from Biden’s infrastructure plan.
Significantly, this would pose major problems for hedge funds and other neoliberal ghouls waiting for the public sector/spending bail out via procurement. Rules that demand a living wage, union negotiated rates, skill targets and requiring them to show ‘where the money goes’ would be a very welcome move.
Buoyant Labour sets out post-Brexit vision promising that more public contracts will go to UK companies
www.theguardian.com