Public Services Archive
The Hostile Environment: turning the UK into a nation of border cops
[responsivevoice_button] A run-down of the Home Office’s “hostile environment” measures against
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08 Apr 2017
The Home Care Business
[responsivevoice_button] As more and more people are failed by the UK’s
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03 Dec 2016
Understanding care workers’ pay and travel time
[responsivevoice_button] Care workers face many obstacles when trying to get a
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23 Nov 2016
When Mitie care workers fight back
[responsivevoice_button] Anne’s first call started at 7am and her last finished
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07 Oct 2016
Tapped up by Affinity Water
[responsivevoice_button] If you live in Shepway you’ll have seen your water
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15 Aug 2016
Nine times more spent pursuing claimants than employers not paying minimum wage
[responsivevoice_button] From today — 1 April 2016 — workers in the UK aged
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01 Apr 2016
The Foster Care Business
[responsivevoice_button] Almost 86,000 children were in foster care in the UK
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15 Dec 2015
‘Home care should be a public service’
[responsivevoice_button] Mary Bell was a carer in Havering for 10 years,
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27 Nov 2015
Carer sues MiHomecare
[responsivevoice_button] Carer sues MiHomecare for not paying minimum wage A carer
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12 Aug 2015
A Midas Care worker speaks out
[responsivevoice_button] ‘Frustrated and disappointed’: a Midas Care worker speaks out After
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24 Jul 2015
Researching health companies
[responsivevoice_button] How to uncover the facts about the companies involved in
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17 Jun 2015
MiHomecare scandal grows
[responsivevoice_button] New Corporate Watch investigation finds major care company MiHomecare has
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12 May 2015
‘I personally feel they should be closed down’: My MiHomecare experience
[responsivevoice_button] Brian Jones Surrey resident Alison Jones describes the poor quality
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12 May 2015
Shareholder activists target Barclays AGM
[responsivevoice_button] On Thursday 23 April 2015, several protests were held outside
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24 Apr 2015
Revealed: major homecare company paying staff below minimum wage
[responsivevoice_button] MiHomecare, outsourcing giant Mitie’s homecare business, is paying carers less
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13 Mar 2015