privatisation

Illustration of a man with a sinister smile wearing a suit next to water pipes discharging sewage into a river

Edition 45

Dividends, Debt… Direct Action

It’s been nearly 40 years since Wessex Water was privatised. Since then the company has been loaded with debt and dumped sewage into our waterways while paying out huge dividends. What will it take to change course?

Revealed: Private takeover of Bristol GP surgery ‘abandoned’ at last minute

“Privatising non-emergency ambulance services is bad for patients”

Across the south west, patient transport services have been transferred to private firms. But, a former NHS employee argues, the process has raised serious questions about their ability to do the job – and about wider fragmentation of our health system.

‘The difference between First Bus and buses that work for us is political pressure’

Why is it, that in 21st century Bristol we don't have reliable public transport, asks Matthew Hollinshead. 

North Bristol NHS bosses scrap plans to privatise staff management

North Bristol NHS Trust has backed down on plans to transfer management of staff to a private company, after pressure from trade unions and campaigners.

NHS cuts hit fertility treatments

The scandalous privatisation of student debt will affect us all, not just graduates

Can you cover a black hole with a MAT?

No more National Health Service

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