Feature: Charities Are Taking Over NHS Drug Clinics and Patients Are Terrified
by Daisy Schofield
A drug clinic is set to close after 56 years as a wave of outsourcing sweeps the NHS. Service users told Daisy Schofield they fear for their lives.
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Feature: Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right
by Charlotte England
A group of asylum seekers has been resisting eviction from a south London hotel for the last three weeks. But layers of outsourcing mean they don't even know who's trying to move them. Charlotte England reports.
Report: A Prestigious London University Has Suspended Four Latinx Cleaners for Protesting Racist Pay, Falsely Accusing Them of Violence
by Polly Smythe
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is embroiled in another race scandal. Polly Smythe reports.
Downstream: Can Capitalism Solve Its Crises? Interview With Mariana Mazzucato
What can the Apollo Missions teach us about dealing with the major crises of the 21st century? And why are politicians so eager to dwell on caricatures of the public rather than engage in problem-solving – from climate change to housing and education? Aaron Bastani speaks to author and academic Mariana Mazzucato to find out.
Novara FM: Capital, Care and Crisis
Emma Dowling joins James Butler to discuss care in the shadow of capital.
The Bastani Factor: “This Is the Worst Interview I’ve Ever Seen With a Politician”
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, Health Secretary Matt Hancock gave the worst interview by a politician Aaron Bastani has ever seen. What does it say when after 100,000 people have died a leading politician can get away with such a performance?
Opinion: Test, Track and Trace is a Disaster. Public Health Must Be in Public Hands
by Miriam Brett
As the country weathers its second lockdown equipped with an ineffective, outsourced test, track and trace system, Miriam Brett argues that the government must urgently rethink its public health strategy.
Report: ‘Hasta La Victoria!’ University of London Cleaners Win Ten-Year Battle Against Outsourcing
by Polly Bindman
Cleaners at the University of London have won staff contracts after nearly a decade of struggle, in a major victory against outsourcing that could help other workers fight for their rights. Polly Bindman reports.
Asylum Seeker Evictions Will Cause ‘Crisis on the Streets of Glasgow’, Charities Warn
by Charlotte England and an anonymous case worker
A housing provider has announced it will resume a controversial policy to evict hundreds of asylum seekers in Glasgow, in a move charities say will leave scores of vulnerable people street homeless. Serco, which until recently held the government contract to house asylum seekers in the Scottish city, first announced plans to evict people denied […]
‘How will I feed my son?’: The Government Workers Fighting Back Against Poverty Pay
by Nathan Akehurst
In the heart of one of the world’s oldest and richest democracies, the staff keeping UK government offices functional are forced to turn to food banks. Now, they are fighting back and calling for a living wage.
Outsourcing Incarceration: Privitisation in Britain’s Immigration Detention Estate
by Rudy Schulkind
The private companies that run Britain's detention centres have repeatedly failed to protect the rights, dignity and safety of the people they imprison. But the Home Office has created a system in which it is incredibly difficult to hold them to account.
“It’s strikes that win”: UCU, Students and the Fight Against Outsourcing
by Joe Hayns
Over the last two days, more than 100 outsourced staff have stopped work at UoL in what will likely be the largest outsourced workers’ strike in higher education history.
Cold Comfort: Privatisation Is Running the NHS Into the Ground
by Dr J
In part three of a series covering the NHS winter crisis from within A&E, Dr J explains how back door privatisation of the NHS amounts to nothing short of political corruption - and is risking lives.
All The Best: The Peckham Terminator
Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly welcome Tony Blair’s former director of political operations John McTernan to All The Best to discuss their competing world views in a comradely fashion.
IMOBastani: We Will Lose Our NHS
Aaron shows four key areas where the NHS is in freefall. The solution to the present crisis? More resources, an end to outsourcing and, of course, the resignation of Jeremy Hunt.
Long Read: On the Frontlines of Neoliberalism: Resource Extraction and Popular Resistance in Colombia
by Milo Phillips
Colombia's programme of neoliberal reforms is wreaking social and environmental havoc, channeling the profits from the country's natural resources into the coffers of private companies. A diverse coalition of residents, activists and unionists is fighting back, in defiance of the state's violent attempts to silence them.
IMOBastani: #CleanForTheQueen – Who Really Cleans for the Queen?
As Britain's top toffs line up for smug photo opportunities as part of Clean For The Queen Aaron Bastani asks: Who really cleans for the Queen?
#3Cosas: University Of London Workers Protest
Report on the 3 Cosas campaign and one of their recent demos. Aaron Bastani speaks to vice-president of ULU, Dan Cooper, as well as Sonia Chura, one of the outsourced workers at University Of London.