A company took billions from privatisation contracts and paid millions to its bosses before collapsing
In March 2019, outsourcing giant Interserve collapsed and went into administration. This came little more than a year after fellow ...
Tag: privatisation
The Irish parliament delivers a blow to privatising welfare
A motion has passed in the Irish parliament that calls on the government to end JobPath. John Brady, Sinn Féin ...
Los Angeles teachers just stood up to billionaires, and won
On 14 January, Los Angeles public-sector teachers went on strike for the first time in three decades. After six days ...
Conservatives ‘hell bent on privatisation’ as outsourcing contracts soar 53%
It's been one year since outsourcing giant Carillion collapsed. Now the GMB Union has revealed that just one year on, ...
Transport secretary blames workers’ wages for rail fare increase, conveniently ignoring fat cat dividends
Transport secretary Chris Grayling is blaming trade unions for the rail fare increases after unions demanded staff get a well-deserved ...
Labour’s Chris Williamson crushes the justice minister for turning probation into a ‘cash-cow’
In parliament on 18 December, Labour MP Chris Williamson slammed the Conservative justice minister for turning probation into a "cash-cow" ...
More privatisation chaos as another outsourcer is going down the pan
Yet another privatisation disaster is looming. This time, an outsourcing giant is in trouble. But given the history of privatisation ...
Clive Lewis beautifully explains how public ownership is common sense
In unsurprising news, on 30 November, rail companies announced their now annual fare hike. This will see fares increase by ...
Labour’s Laura Pidcock won’t let the DWP off the hook over the ‘kill yourself’ scandal
A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) response to a question from Labour's Laura Pidcock just revealed the 'Kill Yourself' ...
An A-level student is taking on the government over our railways
An A-level student has launched a petition over a controversial policy about our railways. The government may wish to take ...
Corbyn exposes high cost of 25 years of private rail, and the figures are shocking
It’s now 25 years since the passing of the 1993 Railways Act that privatised British Rail and subjected commuters to ...
While the mainstream media squabbles, one of Corbyn’s proposals isn’t getting the attention it deserves
Since Jeremy Corbyn announced his plans to diversify the UK's media, journalists have been squabbling over whether they're all private ...
Experts are reacting to the government’s takeover of Birmingham prison and it’s not good
The government has taken control of Birmingham prison. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said it will “stabilise prison, inject fresh leadership ...
The DWP was just savaged in a ‘dossier of disgrace’
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been slammed in a report called 'A Dossier of Disgrace'. The document ...
The DWP just revealed the eye-watering millions it paid out to private companies
On Thursday 26 July, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed the amount it paid out in June to ...
The DWP just fired the starting gun for the privatisation of the welfare state
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has recently made two quiet, but significant, announcements; missed entirely by the mainstream ...
An outgoing DWP minister just revealed the millions it pays out to a notorious company
An outgoing Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) minister just revealed the extent to which a notorious private outsourcing firm ...
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