Public Services Archive
A shareholder activist’s account of the G4S AGM
[responsivevoice_button] The G4S AGM, on 5 June 2014, passed with predictable
25 Jun 2014
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Capita Company Profile
As more public services are privatised, a growing list of contracts
25 Mar 2014
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Firms running NHS care services avoiding millions in tax
Companies receiving lucrative government contracts to run care services looking
28 Oct 2013
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HMRC ‘particularly feeble’ over failure to close loophole
[responsivevoice_button] The Government chose not to close a tax loophole which
28 Oct 2013
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The other energy scandal – power giants use loophole to cut their own tax bills
[responsivevoice_button] As people buckle under the pressure of soaring energy bills,
28 Oct 2013
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Serco and pathology: the cost of profit
[responsivevoice_button] Serco was pleased to announce this month that GSTS Pathology
29 Jul 2013
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The Severn Trent takeover – corporate profiteering, tax avoidance and Britain’s water supply
[responsivevoice_button] Severn Trent is the latest water company to be targeted
06 Jun 2013
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‘A ridiculous return’: South West Water and the cost of water
[responsivevoice_button] Devon resident Stan Beale considers the excessive prices charged by
14 May 2013
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Unhealthy influence: The rise of the NHS Partners Network
[responsivevoice_button] The transformation of a small private healthcare trade association into
21 Mar 2013
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One in ten claimants have benefits cut on mandatory workfare scheme
[responsivevoice_button] CORRECTION 16 March 2013: This article was first published under
11 Mar 2013
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Leaking away: The financial costs of water privatisation
[responsivevoice_button] As water bills rise again, an investigation by Corporate Watch
15 Feb 2013
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Capita gets bigger slice of UK immigration cake, chokes on first bites
[responsivevoice_button] Thousands of migrants received threatening text messages over the Christmas
25 Jan 2013
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The Workfare Before Christmas
[responsivevoice_button] As the legality of the government’s ‘workfare’ schemes is again
19 Dec 2012
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November 6, 2012 : Britain’s biggest care home owners have debts of more than £4.5bn
[responsivevoice_button] Britain’s biggest private care home owners have combined debts of
06 Nov 2012
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Transforming Pathology, the Serco way
[responsivevoice_button] The privatisation of pathology services in two London hospitals has
29 Sep 2012
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