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  • 3 May 2013
    UKIP, the NHS and perils of protest voting

    The United Kingdom Independence Party won around a quarter of the votes in wards where it fielded candidates in English local elections. Mainstream parties may be tempted to shift even further to the right in order to win over UKIP voters. But this might end up losing them electoral support, as well as being unjust and deepening rifts in society.

  • 2 May 2013
    Civil service privatisation damages democracy

    Sections of the UK civil service are to be privatised. Unions have raised concerns about the impact on staff pay and conditions. Such a move also raises serious questions about accountability to the public and democracy.

  • 25 Apr 2013
    Lords back NHS regulations despite privatisation fears

    The House of Lords has backed regulations promoting privatisation of NHS services in England. An Opposition attempt to overturn the NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2 Regulations 2013) was defeated by a ruling Coalition majority of over a hundred votes. Holders of NHS budgets are likely to be forced to put more services out to tender, giving lucrative opportunities to private firms even if this harms patient care.

  • 3 Feb 2013
    Cuts and increased privatisation pose threat to education

    Trade Union Congress General Secretary Frances O'Grady has warned of the threat to education from increasing privatisation and continuing austerity.

  • 14 Nov 2012
    Europe-wide protests against austerity, cuts and inequality

    Widespread protests against austerity measures being imposed by European governments and the EU are being held in 23 countries and 40 regions.

  • 3 Oct 2012
    Government must learn lessons of West Coast debacle says TUC

    The TUC says that the government decision to re-tender the contract for the West Coast mainline exposes the "inherent flaws" of the rail franchising system.

  • 19 Aug 2012
    Greens call for Britain's railways to be restored to public ownership

    The Green Party in England and Wales has called for the British railway system to be come back into public ownership, following further price hikes.

  • 15 Aug 2012
    G4S, policing and freedom

    Private contractor G4S has advertised for staff to take over certain policing functions, sparking controversy.

  • 4 Mar 2012
    Edinburgh libraries under threat, say campaigners

    Edinburgh’s library services are threatened with cuts to the service overall, including reductions in hours, community and trade union activists say.

  • 3 Mar 2012
    Police privatisation: dogma, profit and power

    West Midlands and Surrey police authorities have invited private companies to bid to carry out a range of policing activities, the Guardian reported. This may be extended to other parts of the country.