See Evening News story hereJohn Stevenson: “This is a council that has already spent 6m on consultants so, in the space of 18 months, 7m has gone on nothing. The priority should be investing in front line services.”He also said not enough was being done to investigate whether an alternative in-house bid could be drawn up.”If they spend 1m on how to privatise, we think they could spend a fraction on speaking to people in-house and seeing how they can make the service better.”