Reed announces return of Blair-era PFI deals
The Labour Party government’s new sewage scandal solution reeks of more private sector profiteering. Rather than pulling the plug on the failed project of water sector privatisation, it’s readying to…
Labour’s cabinet takes £500k from private healthcare lobbyists
Lobbyists, hedge funds, and private equity firms connected to the private healthcare sector have funnelled more than half a million pounds to the new Labour Party cabinet since 2023. In…
The NHS hasn’t got an ‘immigration’ problem – it’s got a privatisation one
I spend a lot of time online speaking to people about the NHS, and about UK politics in general. I receive a lot of messages from both NHS patients and…
Energy price cap misery that Labour could have avoided
Ofgem, the so-called energy regulator, has announced that energy companies will be able to make even more profit from people and businesses. This means higher costs across the economy. This…
Sharkey’s coalition to tackle sewage crisis
Undertones star-turned-water campaigner Feargal Sharkey has launched an anti-sewage coalition. In October, he will lead the ‘March for Clean Water’ to mark the first 100 days of the new Labour…
NHS-Palantir deal over patient data is the thin end of the wedge
The already crisis-ridden NHS lunged further into decline, having capitulated to a shady deal with Palantir – a nefarious organ of surveillance activities with a poor reputation. The move stoked…
Reeves under fire over Labour cronyism at Treasury
The UK’s political cronyism saga continues – just this time, with the Labour Party at the reigns. A mere six weeks after Starmerites puffed up “Change” from Labour like some…
Veolia storm over Paul the street cleaner is missing the point
Veolia, the private sector outsourcing giant that’s gobbled up huge swathes of local authority privatised contracts, is at the centre of a growing storm over the treatment of one of…
companies profit from mental health beds
Canary columnist and ardent anti-NHS-privatisation campaigner Dr Julia Grace Patterson has once again exposed the rot festering at the heart of the UK’s healthcare system. Creeping NHS privatisation is in…
Thames Water record fine dwarfed by profits last year
The water regulator Ofwat has announced a “record” fine for notorious Thames Water – for illegal sewage leaks, spills, and dumping. Of course, it’s unlikely to bother the toxic water…
Labour junior doctors pay deal is actually still a real terms pay cut
The Labour Party government has struck a deal with NHS junior doctors’ leaders. It’s offering a supposed 22.3% pay rise over the next two years between 2023 to 2025. Predictably,…
National Gas now wholly owned by Thames Water ‘vampire’ bank
The last remaining chunk of National Gas – the network of gas pipes that fuels the entire UK – has just been bought by notorious bank Macquarie. It comes as,…