privatisation

The Iraqi regime has frozen all the bank accounts of the Iraqi oil workers' union, both abroad and within Iraq.

In the wake of a renewed drive to expand Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) across the public sector, it has been revealed that earlier projects have been draining cash at the expense of Trust-owned properties.

In Erris, a remote area on Ireland’s Western Atlantic coast a consortium of…

Ten people, three cows, two pigs, several sheep and a carthorse occupied an empty 80-acre farm in the village of Chiselborough, Near Yeovil in Somerset on Friday.

Two major victories for government supporters of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding for improvements to public services have been approved in the last two weeks.

In 2014, Glasgow intends to host the Commonwealth Games. In 2007 and 2008, Glasgow intends to prepare for that great event by selling off football pitches at Maryhill Road, North Kelvinside; Acre Road, Summerston; and Cowlairs Park, Springburn.

Following two meetings of residents of the areas, a new association of residents has started in Possilpark in Glasgow.

Brighton news sheet Schnews takes an irreverent look at the privatisation of water supplies in the UK, which since 1988 has lead to huge price hikes for users and bumper profits for corporations – a situation being repeated the world over.

Arms trade. Government sweeteners. Tax havens. Dodgy corporations making a killing. Directors paying…

The government’s controversial private finance initiative is floundering. Patricia Hewitt’s review of the £1.28bn PFI plan for the Barts and The London hospitals trust, prompted by spiralling costs revealed last December, also raises questions about the whole policy.

Council tenants from Edinburgh speak about their recent victory against the sell-off of council housing, and the fight for more investment they still face.