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NHS Surcharge for Migrants: the latest slide on the slippery slope to full American-style privatisation

MH Uzzell 15 April 2015 NHS Surcharge for Migrants: the latest slide on the slippery slope to full American-style privatisation2015-04-16T13:35:51+01:00 *Society* 3 Comments
Image: Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants. When news was announced last week that the government was introducing a new NHS surcharge for incoming migrants, I saw several friends posting…
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Mutually Assured Destruction: The Future of the NHS

Matt Hanley 7 February 2015 Mutually Assured Destruction: The Future of the NHS2015-03-04T12:17:49+00:00 *Society* 1 Comment
Creative Commons In August 2014, as the first experiment of a totally privatised NHS hospital was grinding to a disastrous end, the Coalition quietly initiated the first phase of their…
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Dust. Settled. Go Scotland: a 7 item to-do list

Ric Lander 5 December 2014 Dust. Settled. Go Scotland: a 7 item to-do list2014-12-05T22:00:31+00:00 Comment No Comment
For two years up to September the country was in fever pitch with friends, colleagues, families and strangers debating and cajoling each other on every issue we have.  It was…
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New poll: mass support for public ownership

Adam Ramsay 5 August 2013 New poll: mass support for public ownership2013-08-05T08:00:56+01:00 1 Comment
Privatisation is unpopular, a failure, and being rejected across the Western world. That's the finding of a major report from the new campaign group 'We Own It', which calls for…
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How Do We Stop The Student Loan Book Sell-Off?

Adam McGibbon 2 July 2013 How Do We Stop The Student Loan Book Sell-Off?2015-03-11T00:42:13+00:00 *Rights & Democracy* 16 Comments
The Gown student newspaper, November 1995. NUS call for a bank boycott over student loan privatisation plans.   Not content with attacking current and future students, the Coalition government now…
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Rail Renationalisation: Edinburgh meeting with Christian Wolmar

Peter McColl 26 June 2013 Rail Renationalisation: Edinburgh meeting with Christian Wolmar2015-04-03T21:56:30+01:00 Comment No Comment
While I was first becoming interested in a serious way in politics there were lots of interesting things happening. I was very interested in the peace process in the north…
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Caroline Lucas’ bill to renationalise the railways published today

Gary Dunion 26 June 2013 Caroline Lucas’ bill to renationalise the railways published today2014-12-04T17:31:12+00:00 News 6 Comments
Green MP Caroline Lucas will table a private member's bill later today, in a bid to reverse the disastrous privatisation of the railways and bring the network back into public…
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Academics and the defence of their universities

Bright Green Editors 3 June 2013 Academics and the defence of their universities2013-06-03T08:30:02+01:00 *Society* No Comment
Luke Martell An inspiring Convention for Higher Education in Brighton has made an important step forward, discussing what the public university should be, and investigating the implications of its marketisation.…
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Watch the Greens’ thrillingly unapologetic, socialist broadcast

Gary Dunion 19 April 2013 Watch the Greens’ thrillingly unapologetic, socialist broadcast2014-12-04T17:33:07+00:00 *Video* 12 Comments
The Green Party of England and Wales has just released this quietly barnstorming broadcast for the local elections on 2 May: It's the clearest and most explicit proclamation of the…
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Sussex Uni ‘Pop-Up Union’ to fight outsourcing

Adam Ramsay 26 March 2013 Sussex Uni ‘Pop-Up Union’ to fight outsourcing2015-03-11T00:42:42+00:00 *Society* No Comment
Workers at the University of Sussex have formed a new union in a bid to halt the outsourcing of 235 campus jobs. The initiative comes from rank-and-file members of the…
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