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Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
29 August 2012
Women's prisons - Con-Dems' 'reforms' mean cuts and privatisation
The Prison Reform Trust has said that prisons in England and Wales are over capacity by 7,300 inmates. This overcrowding, says the trust, is limiting prison staff's efforts to reduce reoffending...
22 August 2012
NHS: Dewsbury mass meeting opposes PFI
The campaign to halt the planned cuts to Dewsbury hospital took another step forward on Wednesday 25 July with a packed public meeting at Dewsbury Town Hall, organised by Dewsbury Socialist Party, debating how to best fight the cuts, writes Yorkshire Socialist Party members.
16 August 2012
Cut rail fares! Renationalise the railways!
Privatisation is a Tory con! Since the railways were privatised they have been subsidised by £3 billion a year more than when they were state-owned. The collapse of Railtrack cost a further £20 billion...
8 August 2012
Hinchingbrooke hospital is in debt due to costs incurred from a PFI scheme introduced by Labour. Now Circle Healthcare has been brought in to manage and 'save' the hospital
31 July 2012
Save Oaklands pool, Southampton
The stand taken by two Coxford councillors, to vote against the Labour council's budget cuts and its proposal to close Oaklands pool has received enormous support across the city
25 July 2012
Outsourcing fails again. For publicly owned and run services!
The Olympics G4S security debacle has further increased public opposition to privatisation. But for G4S at present, its failure to deliver on its contract will merely dent its massive profits
25 July 2012
Virgin vultures swoop on vulnerable people's services
Richard Branson's Virgin multinational won the bid to deliver NHS and social care services to young people in Devon
25 July 2012
Kick private profiteers out of the NHS
Exposed - the real threat of privatisation: A leaked letter to doctors from a Coventry hospital chief executive has exposed the reality of allowing the private sector into the NHS
25 July 2012
Lib Dems in Bristol inflicting care home privatisation
Bristol council has announced that eight care homes will close across the city, displacing over 200 residents and costing the jobs of over 300 dedicated staff.
Westfield Stratford: Olympic Park security measures in operation
18 July 2012
Olympics G4S scandal shows failure of privatisation
The government's insistence on outsourcing the Olympic Games security to private company G4S has backfired spectacularly...
18 July 2012
Record breakers: A recent survey of recruitment consultants found that the number of vacancies, both temporary and permanent, had declined at the sharpest rate in three years, writes Paul Callanan.
18 July 2012
Teachers fight school privatisation
Over 100 new 'free schools', to open in September, were announced on 13 July, which will more than double the total number of free schools in England...
Fight for our NHS, photo Senan
11 July 2012
LOOTED! PFI empties NHS coffers
Scrap PFI privatisation - bring health services back into the NHS The richest 1% in society are the only people profiting from the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) scheme that is ruining Britain's public services.
11 July 2012
Leeds protest at prison privatisation rally
Socialist Party members recently took part in a protest outside a conference at Leeds University entitled 'Private Sector Involvement in Criminal Justice', writes Matt Booth, Leeds North West Socialist Party.
11 July 2012
Save Worcestershire A&E services
NHS bosses have put forward six plans for the reorganisation of Hospital Services in Worcestershire. The majority of the plans involve the closure of either the Redditch Alexandra or Worcester Royal accident...
11 July 2012
South London Healthcare Trust has effectively gone bankrupt. That news will not surprise health workers and socialists who follow the nightmare of PFI (Private Finance Initiative). The PFI scheme threatens...
4 July 2012
Boot out the private 'vultures': The outrageous decision by the Tories to allow South London Healthcare NHS Trust, with a £69 million 'deficit' to go bust, contrasts markedly with the treatment of the banks, a Unison health worker activist writes.
4 July 2012
South London NHS: Socialist councillors said: 'Axe PFI, not our NHS'
South London Healthcare NHS Trust, with a £150 million deficit, is facing 'special measures'. However, as shown by an excerpt from 'Our Record - Socialist councillors are different', Ian Page and Chris...
St Thomas' Hospital workers on strike
27 June 2012
The Con-Dems have the National Health Service in their sights - but now we can see clearly their brutal intentions, writes Roger Shrives.
100 health workers came out in a lunchtime protest against the potential loss of over 100 posts at St Helier hospital in south London on Wednesday 27 July , photo Chris Newby
27 June 2012
Feature: It has been well documented that the National Health Service (NHS) is under attack and in England faces its total destruction through the Health and Social Care Act. Socialist Party health worker activists, including Terry Pearce of the Save Heatherwood Hospital campaign (personal capacity) investigate.
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