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Government finally admits G4S can't be trusted to run Birmingham prison
Decision to return HMP Birmingham to public control proof that private profit and the criminal justice system don't go together
Kam Gill - 02 April 2019
A close up image of a prison officer's uniform badge
Interserve shows the Government still haven’t learned the lessons of Carillion
Just over a year since the collapse of Carillion, another outsourcing giant looks set to topple.
Kam Gill - 15 March 2019
Rail franchises are running out of track
Put bluntly, the rail franchise system cannot continue the way it is today.
Kam Gill - 01 March 2019
Rail signals. Photo: Amanda Lewis / Getty
A guilty verdict for privatised probation
Today the National Audit Office delivered their verdict on the government's shake up of probation services, and it is not pretty.
Kam Gill - 01 March 2019
Chris Grayling. Photo: Crown Copyright
Brexit is making everyone poorer – except the rich
While Tory Brexiteers scramble to protect their millions before the UK leaves the EU, workers are already counting the cost from years of economic uncertainty
Elena Crasta - 09 December 2018
A worried worker on the left and Jacob-Rees Mogg on the right
Our education system is in crisis
The government must listen to our teachers if it's to be saved
Beth Farhat - 14 November 2018
How to beat the commuter blues
More employers should set about starting to solve the problem of ever-lengthening commute times
Frances O'Grady - 13 November 2018
photo: commuting blues
Five reasons why austerity is going nowhere
Last week we set five tests for the government to prove that austerity was “over”. Today’s Budget failed them all.
Geoff Tily - 29 October 2018
Chancellor Philip Hammond
Austerity won’t be over until…our public services get the funding they need
The Chancellor has his work cut out to show that there’s “light at the end of the tunnel” for our cash-strapped public services
Kam Gill - 26 October 2018
a teacher
Austerity won’t be over until…public servants get the pay rise they deserve
After eight years of austerity, every public sector worker deserves a decent pay rise - and we won't accept any cherrypicking in next week's Budget
Kam Gill - 25 October 2018
Firefighter
We need 5,000 extra customs officers to cope with Brexit - but more cuts are coming instead
Front-line workers fear more cuts will leave the customs service unable to cope if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal
Rosa Crawford - 03 October 2018
Border force workers unload boxes from the back of a lorry
Don’t listen to Branson – VTEC is to blame for the East Coast Mainline fiasco
Franchising has failed – only a publicly funded railway can deliver good service, fair terms and conditions and economic benefits for the whole country
Kam Gill - 13 September 2018
A virgin branded train

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