The government's public service “reform” policy is wedded to partnerships with the private sector, despite prominent reports highlighting many of these companies' bad practice and failure to deliver services. Health care provision, welfare administration, education and other services are increasingly being transferred into private hands. The government's 'austerity' measures open more services to penetration by corporate interests.
Corporate Watch's privatisation work is divided into two sections - articles and interviews with public sector workers and users. The interviews can be found by clicking on "INTERVIEWS" in the left hand column of this page.
Investigations An Unhealthy Business: major healthcare companies use tax havens to avoid millions in UK tax
March 17, 2012 To pay or not to pay: Asda and Argos choose workfare over work
February 17, 2012 Under the microscope: pathology gets the Serco treatment
November 9, 2011 The vultures circle: private equity and the NHS
May 10, 2011 Articles A4e turns to Tory lobbyists
March 30, 2012 The Association of Illustrators and London Transport Museum 'proud of association with Serco'
March 30, 2012 Mckinsey keeps the door revolving
February 17, 2012 Healthcare in the US: the profits of ‘socialism’
February 17, 2012 Care UK and private equity: another Southern Cross?
December 22, 2011 Regulating workfare (or not)
November 9, 2011 'It's exploitation and it's repellent': Retailers, councils and charities benefiting from workfare
September 26, 2011 Co-operating and competing to privatise the NHS
August 12, 2011 Unemployed people ‘bullied’ into unpaid work at Tesco, Primark and other multinationals
August 12, 2011
'Making profits from the the unemployed is reprehensible'
August 12, 2011 The workfare go-betweens
August 12, 2011 Wolves cry wolf: selling competition in the NHS
April 6, 2011 New business opportunities: Deportation hostels
February 10, 2011 Signs of things to come: The privatisation of the NHS
February 10, 2011 Prisons for rent
December 15, 2010
Academy culture: towards a corporate education system
June 9th, 2010 Who benefits from the benefits system?
April 22, 2010
Corporate Watch's privatisation work is divided into two sections - articles and interviews with public sector workers and users. The interviews can be found by clicking on "INTERVIEWS" in the left hand column of this page.
Investigations An Unhealthy Business: major healthcare companies use tax havens to avoid millions in UK tax
March 17, 2012 To pay or not to pay: Asda and Argos choose workfare over work
February 17, 2012 Under the microscope: pathology gets the Serco treatment
November 9, 2011 The vultures circle: private equity and the NHS
May 10, 2011 Articles A4e turns to Tory lobbyists
March 30, 2012 The Association of Illustrators and London Transport Museum 'proud of association with Serco'
March 30, 2012 Mckinsey keeps the door revolving
February 17, 2012 Healthcare in the US: the profits of ‘socialism’
February 17, 2012 Care UK and private equity: another Southern Cross?
December 22, 2011 Regulating workfare (or not)
November 9, 2011 'It's exploitation and it's repellent': Retailers, councils and charities benefiting from workfare
September 26, 2011 Co-operating and competing to privatise the NHS
August 12, 2011 Unemployed people ‘bullied’ into unpaid work at Tesco, Primark and other multinationals
August 12, 2011
'Making profits from the the unemployed is reprehensible'
August 12, 2011 The workfare go-betweens
August 12, 2011 Wolves cry wolf: selling competition in the NHS
April 6, 2011 New business opportunities: Deportation hostels
February 10, 2011 Signs of things to come: The privatisation of the NHS
February 10, 2011 Prisons for rent
December 15, 2010
Academy culture: towards a corporate education system
June 9th, 2010 Who benefits from the benefits system?
April 22, 2010