[ad_1] The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is operating under enormous strain after years of austerity cuts since 2010. The Labour government’s plans for the NHS include no extra funding without productivity increases, demanded of an exhausted workforce. Further privatisation will hand over billions to private health companies. World Socialist Web Site reporters…
[ad_1] These are tough times for believers in privatisation. The travails of the privatised water companies, particularly Thames Water, don’t need to be repeated this close to Christmas – no one wants to be put off their festive lunch with details of raw sewage pumped into rivers by over-paid executives. And the government has already…
[ad_1] Ofwat, the water regulator, is about to let Thames Water off on a £250 MILLION fine. Thames just broke its licensing rules after credit agencies labelled its debts “junk.” In just 48 hours, Ofwat will close its consultation on plans to waive the normal fine! When privatised services, from energy to rail, fail in…
[ad_1] A reminder – on the day before the election… YOUR public services have been privatised by this government continuously since 2010. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] “Jonathan Reynolds’ position puts taxpayers and bill payers at financial risk — and throws the environment under the bus. “New Labour showed us with Railtrack how to protect the taxpayer when an essential public service goes bust. We call on Starmer’s Labour to do the same with Thames Water.” — Cat Hobbs, Director, We…
[ad_1] UK Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting took to the pages of the right-wing Sun newspaper to make his latest attack on National Health Service (NHS) workers and double down on his demands for privatisation. The Sun headlined with, “NHS NEEDS REFORM: Wes Streeting warns NHS that there’ll be no additional funding without ‘major surgery’…
[ad_1] Ofcom, the government regulator responsible, is asking the public for views on plans to reduce Royal Mail’s legal obligation to deliver letters 6 days a week. Don’t let them get away with this. Use our handy six-step guide to respond to the Ofcom consultation – it only takes five minutes. But you haven’t got long…
[ad_1] Posed in the present fight against the Communication Workers Union’s pro-company agreement with Royal Mail Group (RMG) is a political reckoning with the union bureaucracy by the rank-and-file. At the start of last summer, after postal workers delivered massive strike mandates to fight Royal Mail’s attacks, the World Socialist Web Site warned that CWU…
[ad_1] The Labour leadership contest has been largely bereft of debate about the party’s future policy platform. Recognising the shift to the left during Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, the main contenders have mostly promised to adopt the major planks of his programme, especially in economic policy. In the wake of a severe defeat, it is comforting…
[ad_1] Claim John McDonnell claims a Labour government would save families more than £6,700 a year. Background In a speech in Birmingham on Wednesday, the shadow chancellor will claim most households have been hit by the rising cost of living under the Tories. He will say households would save about £6,700 a year on their…