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Carillion’s collapse shows the neoliberal dogma has failed
We need to bury the obsession with privatisation for good, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Carillion 2/2/18

CAPITA issued a profit warning this week that set alarm bells ringing across both Whitehall and the country. It was the third major outsourcing company in the last month to issue profit warnings. 

The news regarding Capita was yet another illustration of how the Tory obsession with privatisation and outsourcing is failing, coming only weeks after the collapse of Carillion.

As Labour’s Jon Trickett MP said this week, “we cannot afford another Carillion. The government must take serious steps to oversee the activities of Capita.”

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