So the government is privatising Royal Mail. Again.
Last week, George Osborne decided to sell off the remaining 30% of Royal Mail that still belongs to…
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Tory Strategy chief’s firm lobbied for private health care
A company run by the Tories’ chief election strategist Lynton Crosby devised a lobbying strategy to increase the “size,…
Labour would halt NHS privatisation in the first days of government, says Miliband
Today Ed Miliband will urge the public to “put the NHS first” on Thursday. Miliband will say that…
Miliband and Burnham warn against Tory “stealth privatisation of the NHS”
It’s still “NHS week” for Labour (after a brief foreign policy hiatus yesterday) and both Ed Miliband and…
Almost two-thirds of people want some form of public ownership of the railways, polls finds
More people want the railways to be brought into public ownership than want them to stay privatised, a…
Miliband announces “profit-cap” to curb private sector profiteering in the NHS
Ed Miliband today announced that a Labour government would award fewer NHS contracts, and introduce a “profit cap”…
For far too long the cheerleaders of privatisation have been winning
Last week, I got the train home to Newcastle for the first time since East Coast became Virgin…
Half of people are against outsourcing of public services, poll finds
Polling done by Survation for campaign group We Own It has found that most people don’t want public…
East Coast: Why privatisation is not the end of the line for rail reform
I am writing this article on board what the Conservative Party hopes is one of the last publicly…
Dugher criticises Cameron for “ideological sell off” of East Coast ahead of privatisation tomorrow
Tomorrow, East Coast Main Line will be taken over by private companies Virgin and Stagecoach. Ahead of…
