Another chance for G4S
Security firm G4S has been awarded its first Government contract to continue running a centre for young offenders in Kent.
MPs: Ban Games debacle firm G4S
G4S should be the first outfit on a Government blacklist of high-risk firms that have failed to deliver, MPs have said.
G4S donate £2.5 million to Armed Forces
G4S is to donate £2.5 million to the Armed Forces as a "goodwill gesture"
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Hogan-Howe "confident" of secure Olympics
The Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe has told the London Assembly that he is confident the Olympics will have proper security. He also explained that the problems at G4S were made worse because the company assumed it had a communication problem and did not realise it was short of staff.
Military to get free transport
Boris Johnson has announced that the military personnel who have been brought in to protect the Olympics and Paralympics will get free use of public transport. Personnel who are wearing their uniforms will be allowed to use Transport for London services without being charged.
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Olympic security mistakes were "predictable"
A committee of MPs has said the problems with recruiting security staff for the Olympics should have been foreseen.
Read the full storyTaxpayer will not pay extra for G4S failings
The Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson has said that the taxpayer will not pay any extra for Olympics security after the private firm G4S failed to provide enough staff. He also said that penalty clauses in the £57m contract with G4S would be activated.
Met: Olympics is their biggest policing operation ever
Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison explains the size of the Metropolitan Police's operation to ensure the Olympics and Paralympics happen safely.
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The Met to open its Olympics police control room later
The Metropolitan Police force is to open its Special Operations control room for the Olympic Games later. The centre in Lambeth features the latest in security technology and closed circuit television.
MPs Grill G4S boss on Olympic security
The boss of the government's Olympics' security contractor G4S has faced a dressing down from MPs for his firm's poor performance.
Read the full storyG4S:Olympic contract 'for reputation not profit'
Embattled G4S boss Nick Buckles had told a committee of MP's that his firm took the contract to provide Olympic security to boost it's reputation, not it's profits.
Mr Buckles admitted that the debacle surrounding the contract was likely to count against the firm in future.
They also expect that as a result of the problems, they will make a loss of £50 million on the contract- a sum described by Mr Buckles as 'a huge amount' representing around ten per cent of the company's expected annual profits.
Sir Steve Redgrave: G4S situation is 'disappointing'
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