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16 January 2013
Renationalise the railways now!
On 19 January 1993, John Major's Tory government passed the British Coal and British Rail (Transfer Proposals) Act which led to the splitting up and privatisation of British Rail...
16 January 2013
Prison closures = more privatisation
On 10 January the closure of seven public sector prisons was announced. Bullwood Hall, Camp Hill, Canterbury, Gloucester, Kingston, Shepton Mallet and Shrewsbury are due to close by 31 March...
10 January 2013
Sussex County hospital cleaning and catering: The brutal reality of privatisation
Before being elected, Cameron promised that the Tories would "protect the NHS". If it wasn't clear this was a blatant lie then, it is now
10 January 2013
Seven more public sector prisons to close
The decision announced today (10th January) to close seven more public sector prisons is irresponsible when the prison population remains high and overcrowding is widespread, the Public and Commercial Services union says in a press release...
9 January 2013
The Tories plan that the National Health Service will have to pay over 100 private firms to treat patients in a major expansion of privatisation...
12 December 2012
The Tories have been caught lying about spending on the NHS. They claimed that they have increased spending on the NHS in each of the last two years...
5 December 2012
Health unions should take action to save our NHS: Proposals have been announced to close four accident and emergency (A&E) units in north west London: Charing Cross, Central Middlesex, Hammersmith and Ealing, writes Michael Wrack.
28 November 2012
On Saturday, defying cold, driving rain, up to 10,000 residents and staff marched to defend their local hospital. A south London nurse reports
Admin staff strike, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, 1st November 2012 , photo by Iain Dalton
21 November 2012
NHS: Condition critical. Prescription: mass action to end all cuts and privatisation
Every area of the National Health Service faces crisis as the government financial squeeze threatens thousands of job losses and closures of hospital departments...
14 November 2012
Student demonstration: Escalate the struggle to fight fees, cuts and privatisation
The government's higher education reforms will "put students at the heart of the system", claimed universities minister David Willetts in 2011. To anyone with half a brain, let alone Willetts' famous 'two', this statement is laughable
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