privatisation
New figures show taxpayers lost billions on Royal Mail privatisation
New figures reveal that taxpayers lost billions of pounds in the privatisation of the Royal Mail.
The student loan sell-off is reviving the student movement
By 2015, the coalition will have landed another right hook on the collective jawbone of students and graduates with the planned privatisation of student debt.
Royal Mail sell-off: taxpayer short changed…according to Vince Cable
The taxpayer may have been shortchanged to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds by the sale of the Royal Mail, according to markers laid down by Vince Cable back in October.
Would you hand supervision of offenders to companies with no experience of providing probation services?
The government's plans to sell-off the probation service will be pushed to a vote on today by Labour MPs.
80% want public ownership option for services
80 per cent of the public believe that there should always be a public sector bid when a public service in contracted out to judge if the service could be provided at better value, according to a new survey.
The idea of paying £25 to see a GP is cruel, but nothing is unthinkable under this government
Nye Bevan has been rolling in his grave so much this year I doubt he can remember whether he’s facing up or down. After NHS privatisation was finally sealed in April, the principal of free and publicly accountable universal healthcare is now being further undermined by talk of GPs charging patients for their appointments.