“I blame Maggie!” How sewage radicalised England - New Statesman
River and shoreline pollution is “up there with small boats” in the public imagination.| New Statesman
River and shoreline pollution is “up there with small boats” in the public imagination.| New Statesman
The rolling stock will still be privately owned even when the railways are brought back in house| Bright Green
Labour pledged to bring energy bills down but Ofgem has announced energy price cap increases of 10%. Meanwhile, companies are raking it in.| Canary
Feargal Sharkey has launched a coalition to tackle water companies spilling sewage into UK waterways and take the government to task.| Canary
Veolia made over €7bn in a year while its French CEO made £3m. Since 2016, its privatised UK contracts have been worth at least £4.2bn| Canary
New figures show how companies are profiteering through more creeping NHS privatisation - this time over mental health bed provision.| Canary
Consider two examples of what Dan Davies calls unaccountability sinks. One is a privatised water utility and the other is a French-based provider of IT services to the public sector. Like many companies, Thames Water and Atos reaped returns for investors in the years when the UK political consensus favoured privatisation and outsourcing of public sector services.| Risky Finance
