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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.
13 Apr 2010

UKIP put hardline free-market agenda at centre of manifesto

The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) have launched their manifesto with commitments to right-wing free-market economics, a freeze on immigration and heavy cuts in public services.
3 Mar 2008

Fairness, trade and free market ideology

Free market ideologues have used Fairtrade Fortnight to attack what they regard as counter-productive do-gooding, says Simon Barrow. But what does freedom mean in economic terms, and is fairness something to be left wholly to markets?
27 Feb 2008

Fair trade shows that ordinary people can bring change