Whoever wins on 18 September, the old order of the Tory-dominated Westminster establishment is finished. If the Yes vote wins, it will have enormous negative repercussions for the London-based power structure and will spark huge and largely irresistible demands for real devolution of power for Wales and Northern Ireland as well as the metropolitan city […]
Posts Tagged ‘Privatisaion’
If a referendum works in Scotland, why not a referendum on a fully public NHS?
Sep 12th, 2014 by Michael Meacher.
Leaks show US multinationals now directing doctors’ commissioning groups
Sep 9th, 2014 by Michael Meacher.Evidence has now been leaked which proves that big healthcare corporations, including some of the biggest US healthcare multinationals, are now taking the lead in directing GPs’ clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in allocating the £80bn NHS budget at their disposal. The previously unknown Commissioning Support Industry Group (CSIG) has been seeking to win contracts worth […]
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Living where privatised railways mean subsidising foreign state-run services
Feb 26th, 2014 by Dan McCurry.The railway that passes our constituency Labour party office in Bethnal Green and Bow is owned by Abellio, the Dutch state railway company. Am I alone in thinking this is somewhat surreal? We supposedly put these franchises out to tender because we wanted the private sector to provide their management know-how. It turns out that […]
