Employees and their pensions will increasingly be at the mercy of financial markets thanks to a coalition of culprits.
- Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Essex
No other country has fully adopted the UK model of railway privatisation. And for good reason.
The government knows the system is a shambles – but refuses to admit that rail privatisation has failed.
The announcement that rail fares will increase by up to 5.5% is yet another indictment of the failure of the country’s privatised railway industry. Railway privatisation was sold to the public on the basis…
Several train operators are bidding for a contract to run the main train line between London and Edinburgh, but the only company that has made a success of the line will be excluded. Why? For the past…
The government’s announcement that it is to sell off its stake in Eurostar is another sign of its convoluted thinking towards railway policy. The operator of international train services from London through…
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