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Bye-bye Kier Group, and Serco, G4S etc…

9th November 202027th January 2021 David Boyle 1 Comment carillion, outsourcing, privatisation, randox

Outsourcing and privatisation died at 15:18 on Wednesday 4 November 2020. Or thereabouts. That was of course a misquotation of

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Blog The Absent Corporation 

The test and trace crisis reveals why capitalism isn’t working

3rd October 20203rd October 2020 Lindsay Mackie 1 Comment COVID-19, Economic policy, privatisation

Lindsay Mackie, Andrew Simms and David Boyle argue that the UK test and trace debacle shows why capitalism – critics

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Blog The Absent Corporation 

Test and What? How official lack of confidence in the public sector worsened the crisis

5th June 202010th June 2020 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments COVID-19, PPE, privatisation

In the sorry tale of the UK’s response to the corona virus there are many lessons. The current unfolding illumination

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Blog The Absent Corporation 

How privatisation designed-in the PPE chaos

25th May 202025th May 2020 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, Economics, health, PPE, privatisation

Sometimes we are enabled to see clearly. A light shines and we have the ‘intake of breath’ moment. One such

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Why have they made it so degrading to use services?

5th August 20185th August 2018 David Boyle 0 Comments privatisation, railways

Yes, it is hot. The heat has also added a layer of what I can only describe as degradation to

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