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  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    UK prisons
    Probation service criticised on commitment to rehabilitation

    Preference in new contracts for ‘high volume, standardised interventions’ comes under fire

  • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
    Inside BusinessJonathan Ford
    Cost is not the main issue with Labour’s nationalisation plans

    The real worry is what happens afterwards

  • Monday, 21 October, 2019
    UK outsourcing
    Botched outsourcing ‘wasted’ public £14bn

    New regulator with intervention powers called for after think-tank reviews 52 investigations

  • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Asos profit warnings come as fast as its fashions

    Warehousing problems for the ecommerce group add to December’s margin woes

  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
    National Archives
    Lamont urged ‘fastest possible’ UK rail privatisation

    Chancellor pushed transport secretary to speed up plans in 1993 as part of drive to sell assets

  • Monday, 8 July, 2019
    SSE PLC
    SSE says Labour party scared off investors

    Power group blames threat of renationalisation for discouraging new shareholders

  • Sunday, 19 May, 2019
    Inside BusinessJonathan Ford
    Labour is right: Britain’s private utility model is broken

    High returns from private monopolies cannot be justified

  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2019
    Probation services renationalised after chaotic privatisation

    Chief inspector says current system is ‘irredeemably flawed’

  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2019
    UK outsourcing
    MoD pushes on with fire and rescue privatisation

    Capita contract to go ahead despite legal battle and outsourcing failures

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  • Monday, 29 April, 2019
    News in Focus podcast11 min listen
    Privatised water: should the UK reconsider?

    Britons are increasingly doubtful that private companies run things more efficiently…

  • Thursday, 25 April, 2019
    AnalysisUK prisons
    The meltdown in England’s probation system

    Part-privatisation has led to dislocation of services and calls for radical change

  • Friday, 12 April, 2019
    ObituaryMartin Blaiklock
    Martin Blaiklock, financier, 1943-2019

    An influential voice on the dangers of privatisation

  • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
    Analysis
    UK water groups should brace for ‘peak intrusion’

    Ofwat chairman warns more intense oversight is needed to get industry back on even keel

  • Wednesday, 19 December, 2018
    UK politics & policy
    Property sell-off to hit £5bn target, say ministers

    Cabinet Office report says government’s ‘core estate’ reduced by third in 8 years

  • Tuesday, 4 December, 2018
    Student finance
    UK government sells second tranche of student loan book
  • Tuesday, 27 November, 2018
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    UK student debt sales make little economic sense

    Offloading assets to private investors for an illusory short-term gain stores up trouble

  • Thursday, 22 November, 2018
    Student finance
    Gains from privatisation of student loans criticised

    Government received ‘too little in return for what it gave up’, says watchdog

  • Thursday, 8 November, 2018
    FT Alphaville
    The collapse in public ownership of land
  • Tuesday, 21 August, 2018
    UK politics & policy
    Is the public’s fear of NHS privatisation justified?

    Money spent on care provided by private sector actually fell 4.5% last year

  • Monday, 6 August, 2018
    AnalysisUK politics & policy
    Probation ‘mess’ casts shadow over outsourcing

    Bailouts of £500m to private sector, with some offenders only monitored electronically

  • Monday, 23 July, 2018
    Support services
    Serco takes legal action over fire privatisation

    Serco is challenging the decision to award the contract to rival Capita

  • Wednesday, 6 June, 2018
    The FT ViewUK banks
    The UK is right to sell down final stake in RBS

    The bailout was not aimed at profit, and the future is uncertain

  • Tuesday, 5 June, 2018
    Banks
    UK government takes £2.1bn loss with RBS stake sale

    Chancellor Philip Hammond says proceeds will help reduce national debt

  • Monday, 4 June, 2018
    Banks
    UK government to sell a £2.6bn stake in RBS

    Need to raise funds outweighs concern over market volatility

  • Wednesday, 23 May, 2018
    fastFTMatthew Vincent
    Opening Quote: M&S profit sliced in stale sandwich
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