In the early 1990s, the UK government introduced a policy of market testing public services in central government, testing their efficiency by exposing them to competition from external providers. Civil service unions like the Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists argued that contracting out certain services would in fact be inefficient, lose established expertise and result in job losses.

Title	Danger, you are now entering a market testing zone - IPMS poster, c. 1995
Maker	Trades Union Congress
Production Date	1995
Format	Poster
Copyright	Prospect (IPMS)
Holding Institution	TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University
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