Opinion: Should We Stop Paying Our Water Bills?
Richard Hames
Privatised water symbolises everything wrong with Britain. Asking nicely hasn't worked, argues Richard Hames - we need a protest movement that can force change.
Tag: privatisation
Analysis: How Labour’s Islington North Candidate Made Millions From NHS Privatisation
Steven Methven
Novara Media has probed the financial affairs of Praful Nargund and found that should he become an MP, he may be in a position to legislate on NHS privatisation while also benefiting from it.
Report: Labour Deletes ‘The NHS Is Not for Sale’ From Its Manifesto
Rivkah Brown
The party’s 2024 manifesto has removed the clause agreed upon at the last conference. Is soon-to-be health secretary Wes Streeting trying to tell us something? Rivkah Brown reports.
Feature: How One Councillor’s Vote Saved Portsmouth Port From Privatisation
Aaron Bastani
Local government matters, writes Aaron Bastani, and Portsmouth Port proves it. In 1990, it was saved from privatisation by just one vote. Now it makes the city £8m a year.
Report: US Health Companies Are Winning NHS Contracts Despite Dodgy Track Records
Andrew Kersley
Chronically ill NHS patients are fighting back against plans to privatise their services. Andrew Kersley reports.
Report: Avanti West Coast Launches ‘Vendetta’ Against Staff After Executives Joked About ‘Free Money’
Polly Smythe
Exclusive: The train operator apologised after Novara Media’s revelations caused a political storm. But behind closed doors, bosses were more concerned about stopping information getting out in future.
Analysis: Capitalists Have Found a Lucrative Fix to England’s Allotment Shortage
Moya Lothian-McLean
With council waiting lists of up to 15 years for allotment plots, a group of business-savvy millennials is buying up land and selling it back to locals at a profit. It’s a neoliberal solution to a neoliberal problem, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.
Opinion: Finnish Trains Are What the UK Could Have If It Gave a Shit
Rivkah Brown
A playground carriage, an entire pub, cheap tickets – Nordic trains are an advert for nationalisation, writes Rivkah Brown.
Feature: Private Companies Are Stealing Public Parks
Rivkah Brown
Across London, cash-strapped councils are signing away people’s gardens to entertainment mega-corporations – forcing small community groups to take action. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Privatisation is Killing Glasgow – And No One’s Coming to Help
Jonathon Shafi
The axing of Glasgow’s only night bus service is just the latest for a city in freefall, writes Jonathon Shafi - and its leaders sure as hell aren’t coming to the rescue.
Feature: Charities Are Taking Over NHS Drug Clinics and Patients Are Terrified
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.
Feature: Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right
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.
Analysis: The IMF is About to Enforce Worldwide Austerity
Matteo Tiratelli
The International Monetary Fund’s loan-making power has made it a linchpin of the global economy, writes Matteo Tiratelli – power it’s about to use to impose another decade of murderous austerity.
Opinion: NHS Workers Are Striking to Save Lives
Dr Rita Issa & Alia Butt
As health workers gear up for a historic bout of strike action, doctors Rita Issa and Alia Butt trash the argument that they’re endangering patients.
Explainers: How Private Water Companies Are Killing Britain’s Rivers
Last year in Britain raw sewage was pumped into rivers and coasts 375,000 times. Not a SINGLE river in England has a clean bill of health. Aaron Bastani explains how private water companies are killing the country’s waterways – and why water bosses should face jail time.
Feature: Why Are Italian Beaches So Damn Expensive?
Jack Harmsworth
The growing trend of privatised beaches threatens the enjoyment of the Italian coast for millions. With government reforms in the air, Jack Harmsworth looks at what’s at stake.
Explainers: Why Postal Workers Are Going on Strike
While company management are paid in the millions, and receive bonuses for failure, postal workers at Royal Mail are being treated like mud. Today they are going on strike. Aaron Bastani explains the reasons behind the strike – and how bosses at the top are out of control.
Analysis: Why Do We Still Fetishise Homeownership?
Aidan Beatty
Millions of young Britons will never own their own homes. So why do we still want to? Aidan Beatty explains.