‘The UK is rapidly aligning itself with a host of repressive governments we have previously condemned for the way they crack down on protesters, dissent and fundamental freedoms.’
The English model of privatisation is not normal, as 90 percent of the world runs water in public ownership.
‘Childcare holds the power to tackle disadvantage by enabling parents to work and boosting children’s outcomes. But this opportunity is being missed and new government investment risks entrenching rather than changing an unequal system,’ says the JRF.
The campaign comes as under-fire water companies apologise for repeated sewage spills.
Calls are being ramped up to bring water back into public ownership.
In response to the autumn statement, the People’s Assembly has organised a coordinated National Day of Action.
Justice, a law reform and human rights charity, has raised concerns that if the impending Public Order Bill is passed into law, the detention of journalists may become ‘commonplace.’
“Brilliant news for the people of Greater Manchester.”
‘This is so awkward.’
Brandishing his Brexiteer credentials, the former chancellor pledges to review all the ‘2,400 EU laws’ ‘getting in the way’ of British businesses to trigger a ‘new Big Bang.’
