Tories have thrown half a billion pounds away on their admittedly-failed probation privatisation
Conservatives really don’t understand the way money works in a modern economy, do they? All they can do is throw …
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The Conservatives are now the Party of Upskirting
The practice of taking photographs of female celebrities’ private parts by pointing a camera up their skirts or dresses has …
Private police – or protection racket?
We all knew the day would come when the Tories would try to fob us off with privatised police rather …
How long must we let the government hide the facts about its dodgy deals behind ‘commercial sensitivity’?
The critical Con (and I use the word with a capital letter for a reason) of hiring private companies to …
Ashworth: Presumption that government contracts should go to private firms is wrong
Carillion’s collapse really has changed political thinking. Here’s Labour’s Jon Ashworth explaining that outsourcing of government contracts, whether tied to …
Carillion: Prophetic words from 2004 claimed the UK would be ruined by PFI debt
Is Allyson Pollock’s prophecy coming true? Ian Fraser, author of the following words, seems to think so. He tweeted: “Increasingly …
Will PFI campaign be derailed by MP’s spat with blogger?
This is all a little silly. Labour MP Stella Creasy has launched a campaign to stop companies that have signed …
Sharp rise in ambulance patient deaths in England is all part of the Tory plan
The ambulance service is indeed under “excessive pressure” – but we all need to remember that this is not patient pressure, …
Rip-off parasites urge Bristol GPs to push patients towards paid operations – accelerating plunge to privatisation
It’s bad enough that NHS patients across the UK are being told they can jump the queue for GP appointments …
MPs are due to vote on giving the vote to people aged 16 and 17. Will you ask your MP to attend?
Members of Parliament are being asked to support a private members’ bill to give the vote to young people aged …