British Jobs For British Workers

Another week and more announcements of companies cutting jobs. Now it's Virgin Media announcing 2200 job losses. This has got to be good news for Mumbai, as you are already directed to Indian call centres for a number of their services.

But what can be done to safeguard our economy? Surely it is sensible to promote jobs in Britain, as the unemployed will not be subscribing to Cable TV presumably. The problem is a far worse one than this however, and goes all the way to 10 Downing Street.

If Gordon Brown tells you he wants to promote or safeguard British jobs he is a liar. The British government outsource more work now than ever before, and they don't much care where these jobs go. Currently Capita are operating the Coal Health Contract (the scheme that compensates miners for industrial disease on behalf of DECC), TV Licensing and the Criminal Records Bureau in Mumbai. Whilst they lay off staff in Britain they are constantly ramping up the numbers in India, all with the government's blessing. Officials from the relevant departments have all been out there and have openly said how pleased they are with the way things are being done.

It is an outrage and a scandal that the British Government, should carry on like this. It's one thing for private companies to operate offshore, we all have a choice whether we use their services or not, but when the Government do it, the same people that we have elected to look after our interests, the same politicians who talk about stimulating the economy and creating jobs, it shows what contempt politicians have for the electorate.

Of course Capita were embroiled in the loans to labour scandal and had to pay Rod Aldridge the then chairman his million pounds back. So is it any wonder that Capita was given carte blanche by the government to send their jobs abroad?