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The sign for the Ministry of Defence in London
‘Ah the irony:’ Aamer Anwar says he doubts Reform has handed over the names of the far-right thugs who went on the rampage in Glasgow last weekend to the Police
NOW take back water, trains and the Royal Mail, campaigners said yesterday as the government reversed the privatisation of military homes.
Defence Secretary John Healey announced that the homes, sold off by the Major government in 1996, would be bought back by the public sector after a series of scandals about their dilapidation and disrepair.
More than 36,000 homes are to be bought back at a cost to the taxpayers of nearly £6 billion, but will save the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £230 million in annual rent.
New PM slashes fuel bills and culls Starmer deadwood, but peace activists warn that placing John Healey as new Chancellor shows ‘beyond doubt that the military industrial complex is in charge of Burnham’s economic policy’
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
