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Does bad press matter to water companies?
Despite a series of negative stories about the state of our waterways, the firms in charge of them are still…
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Louise Haigh: Labour manifesto will pledge rail renationalisation
The shadow transport secretary on her plan to take private operators back into public ownership.
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Sold down the river
England’s broken water industry is a case study in the dangers of dogmatic privatisation. It is time to rethink our…
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Water bills rise because we have sold off the very rain that falls on our soil
Private water companies have gorged on debt and neglected infrastructure, leaving Britain unable to deal with either drought or deluge.
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The 12 per cent: will the uptake in private healthcare help or hinder the NHS?
One in eight Britons are now paying for health services due to long waiting lists – what could this mean…
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Private care is not the answer to the NHS crisis
Essential medical treatment has become yet another expense for those struggling with the cost of living.
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Former aide to Health Secretary called for the “full privatisation” of the NHS
Leon Emirali, who worked in Steve Barclay’s office, urged politicians to “rip the whole thing up and start again”.
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Toxic lead pipes are yet another instance of water companies’ environmental insolvency
Privatisation has led to the fleecing of customers.
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Public ownership of water is the only realistic option
Profit-hungry companies will never share the costs of adapting to climate change fairly.
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Keir Starmer needs to privatise the railways
Nationalisation is popular, but the government basically runs the trains already and they are expensive and unreliable.
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Dartmoor’s wild camping battle is a fight for nature itself
Will the last wild camper please turn out the light?
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Doctors’ union chair: prioritising private healthcare will increase inequalities
Iain Kennedy, the chair of BMA Scotland, on why charging wealthier patients will reduce NHS funding and widen the health…
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Five years on, the government still hasn’t learned the lessons of Carillion’s collapse
The firm's failure was particularly catastrophic because it was so deeply embedded in public life.
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“Kids are not commodities”: For-profit children’s homes provide poorer care
Children’s care homes run by private money-making operators have lower Ofsted ratings than those run by councils.
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Why rail nationalisation could stop us being the laughing stock of Europe
UK privatisation has primarily made money for foreign governments – and their citizens.
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Gordon Brown is wrong – we need to renationalise energy permanently, not just temporarily
It would be an act of corporate welfare to privatise when the good times return.
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“Frankly, people are dying”: The NHS spring crisis your higher taxes can’t solve
A record hospital backlog is putting patients “in danger” and leaving them “cynical” about the health service, the New Statesman…
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