OUTSOURCING companies extracted £6 billion in profits from public services last year, while more than one million workers are employed in the outsourced “para-state” on low pay and poor working conditions, a damning report has found.The study, from Common Wealth and commissioned by the RMT and Unison, examines the scale of the outsourcing industry and its impact on public services and workers.It warns that government outsourcing has “channelled public money into private profit at the expense of workers’ rights, democratic accountability and service quality.”