Combatting Corruption and Collusion in UK Public Procurement: Proposal for Post‐Brexit Reform

Every year the UK government spends billions of pounds purchasing goods, works and services that are vital to growth, development, health and social welfare Performed well, public procurement helps a government to nurture competition, save money, and provide better public services These benefits will not be reaped, however, if the system is not protected adequately from distortion by corruption and/or supplier collusion This paper concludes that additional measures are required to protect the integrity of procurement processes in England & Wales through improving the distinct public procurement, anti‐corruption and competition regimes and uniting them around a cohesive strategy It advocates policy coordination and enhancements designed to yield major benefits to public procurement as the UK seeks to develop its own policies post‐Brexit and to grapple with the demands that the Covid‐19 pandemic has placed on public purchasing and the public purse [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Modern Law Review is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )