Petition · past parliament

Stop PWC/Management companies being paid tax payers money by local authorities

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Pricewaterhouse Coopers and other Management companies are being paid by local authorities with UK tax payers money for fees for 'service contracts' There is no transparency within the contracts, Put the money back into frontline services instead of being paid to these companies to make profit !
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/42/whos-spending-britains-billions

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The decision of whether or not to contract management companies is the responsibility of local councils, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

18 Oct 2016 Petition opened for signatures
27 Oct 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 27 Oct 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.