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Tyne and Wear deregulation U-turn angers bus firms

21 Oct 2014: After long consultation, regional authority to counter reforms brought in by Thatcher government
Royal Mail to recruit 19,000 people to help with Christmas rush

20 Oct 2014: Newly privatised postal operator will offer the temporary roles between November and January
Public service strikers are standing up for the real Britain

16 Oct 2014: Seumas Milne: David Cameron and Nigel Farage want to change the subject, but austerity and privatisation are slashing earnings
UK government to sell Eurostar stake before general election

13 Oct 2014: Osborne says he is looking for bids by end of month and hopes sale of 40% stake in Channel tunnel train firm raises £300m
How Dutch and German train and bus firms are taking UK taxpayers for a ride

12 Oct 2014: Business leader: the UK government has poured money into transport infrastructure. And thanks to privatisation, state-owned European bus and rail operators reap the benefits
Royal Mail birthday celebrations overshadowed by privatisation chaos

10 Oct 2014: Government banking adviser accused of ‘making a killing’ at taxpayers’ expense on postal firm’s stock market debut
Froth goes, but Royal Mail sale was flawed

9 Oct 2014: Apple may be undervalued but if there’s spare cash – and there is – best method is special dividend and let shareholders decide
Keeping east coast mainline in state hands ‘like letting RMT call the shots’

29 Sep 2014: Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin condemns Labour plan to allow state in franchise contests as Ed Miliband ‘obeying paymasters’
Coalition expects 'strong interest' from investors in Medibank Private float

28 Sep 2014: Mathias Cormann announces prospectus to be issued in October for the sale of Australia’s largest health insurer
Devolution – perks, pitfalls and the process in practice

25 Sep 2014: Letters: We don’t need regional parliaments. We need local government with real powers
MPs hold inquiry into Royal Mail delivery obligations

24 Sep 2014: Business select committee inquiry follows claims service will not deliver to every UK address six days a week in face of competition that can cherry-pick routes
David Cameron faces ‘day of reckoning for trashing NHS’, says Labour

24 Sep 2014: Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham reminds party of PM’s ‘barefaced lie’ over health service shakeup and privatisation
Outsourcing: same job, same hours, same clients, less pay

22 Sep 2014: Contracting out is not so much about driving up quality but drastically driving down public sector wages to deliver huge spending cuts - up to 40% in one case, a study finds
Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else review – a forensic critique of privatisation

21 Sep 2014: James Meek’s compelling study reveals how consumers have paid the price for politicians selling Britain’s assets overseas, writes John Kampfner
Increasing corporate profits should not be a public policy goal

11 Sep 2014: Letters: The Conservative party and UKIP appear content to surrender vast swaths of UK sovereignty to multinational companies