The decision of the Supreme Court published today in the Edenred case will be music to public bodies’ ears. For a lot of practitioners it is a slightly surprising decision but the fact that it has been made by the highest court in England gives it significant weight. It relates to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) arrangement between HM Treasury and National Savings and Investments to support the new Tax-free Childcare (TFC) scheme. NS&I have a contract with Atos for many of the back office services required. For the TFC scheme, the Atos contract had to be varied. In summary the Supreme Court held:
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