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Private equity takeover of US hospitals led to rise in patient deaths.
Cuts to staffing/investment; high debt, profiteering; worse patient outcomes.
More deaths in nursing homes, increased post-operative complications
Why is UK Govt handing the NHS to PE? Why no investigation of the impact of PE?
Cuts to staffing/investment; high debt, profiteering; worse patient outcomes.
More deaths in nursing homes, increased post-operative complications
Why is UK Govt handing the NHS to PE? Why no investigation of the impact of PE?
Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study
Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Private equity takeover of US hospitals led to rise in patient deaths.
Cuts to staffing/investment; high debt, profiteering; worse patient outcomes.
More deaths in nursing homes, increased post-operative complications
Why is UK Govt handing the NHS to PE? Why no investigation of the impact of PE?
Cuts to staffing/investment; high debt, profiteering; worse patient outcomes.
More deaths in nursing homes, increased post-operative complications
Why is UK Govt handing the NHS to PE? Why no investigation of the impact of PE?
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Feargal Sharkey just nailed the £100bn water industry nationalisation lie
Sharing a "blistering" letter in the Guardian, Feargal Sharkey went further - calling out successive governments over their lies
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Sharing a "blistering" letter in the Guardian, Feargal Sharkey went further - calling out successive governments over their lies
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Feargal Sharkey just nailed the £100bn water industry nationalisation lie
Sharing a blistering letter in the Guardian, Feargal Sharkey went further - calling out successive governments over their lies
www.thecanary.co
August 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Feargal Sharkey just nailed the £100bn water industry nationalisation lie
Sharing a "blistering" letter in the Guardian, Feargal Sharkey went further - calling out successive governments over their lies
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Sharing a "blistering" letter in the Guardian, Feargal Sharkey went further - calling out successive governments over their lies
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Thames Water shareholder funds in 1990, £1.3bn; invested ZILCH since
Extracted £10.4bn dividends
Paid £13.6bn interest
Now borrowing at 9.75%
One-third customer bills service debt
Pays £200m a year to consultants
Billions would have gone into infrastructure, if not privatised.
Must nationalise.
Extracted £10.4bn dividends
Paid £13.6bn interest
Now borrowing at 9.75%
One-third customer bills service debt
Pays £200m a year to consultants
Billions would have gone into infrastructure, if not privatised.
Must nationalise.
Public ownership is the only way to save the water industry
Public ownership is the only viable alternative but is opposed by the government
leftfootforward.org
July 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Thames Water shareholder funds in 1990, £1.3bn; invested ZILCH since
Extracted £10.4bn dividends
Paid £13.6bn interest
Now borrowing at 9.75%
One-third customer bills service debt
Pays £200m a year to consultants
Billions would have gone into infrastructure, if not privatised.
Must nationalise.
Extracted £10.4bn dividends
Paid £13.6bn interest
Now borrowing at 9.75%
One-third customer bills service debt
Pays £200m a year to consultants
Billions would have gone into infrastructure, if not privatised.
Must nationalise.
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July 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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From ending MPs’ conflicts of interest to transforming our electoral system, it’s about putting democracy back in OUR hands.
Let’s make politics work for all of us!
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Let’s make politics work for all of us!
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July 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
From ending MPs’ conflicts of interest to transforming our electoral system, it’s about putting democracy back in OUR hands.
Let’s make politics work for all of us!
#NowWhat out now in paperback 📚 @headlinebooks.bsky.social @ledbydonkeys.org
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Let’s make politics work for all of us!
#NowWhat out now in paperback 📚 @headlinebooks.bsky.social @ledbydonkeys.org
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Ministers refuse to name companies that lobbied them over foreign ownership of UK newspapers.
Why protect corporate raiders?
If govt is doing secret deals or being bullied to advance some interests people have a right to know. How else can people assess govt conduct?
What future for democracy?
Why protect corporate raiders?
If govt is doing secret deals or being bullied to advance some interests people have a right to know. How else can people assess govt conduct?
What future for democracy?
Ministers refuse to name companies that lobbied them over foreign ownership of UK newspapers
Revealed: Crossbench peers scrutinising proposed law change say they were told not to share companies involved
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Ministers refuse to name companies that lobbied them over foreign ownership of UK newspapers.
Why protect corporate raiders?
If govt is doing secret deals or being bullied to advance some interests people have a right to know. How else can people assess govt conduct?
What future for democracy?
Why protect corporate raiders?
If govt is doing secret deals or being bullied to advance some interests people have a right to know. How else can people assess govt conduct?
What future for democracy?
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£4.8 billion - how much UK will gain annually with new trade deal with India
£140 billion - how much UK loses out annually by being outside the EU Single Market
£140 billion - how much UK loses out annually by being outside the EU Single Market
May 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
£4.8 billion - how much UK will gain annually with new trade deal with India
£140 billion - how much UK loses out annually by being outside the EU Single Market
£140 billion - how much UK loses out annually by being outside the EU Single Market
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BREAKING: Public ownership of water companies would reduce bills by £3–5bn a year.
A report by the University of Greenwich and @weownit.org.uk shows households would be £113 a year better off with nationalised water companies.
The Green Party wants to see water back into public hands
A report by the University of Greenwich and @weownit.org.uk shows households would be £113 a year better off with nationalised water companies.
The Green Party wants to see water back into public hands
April 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
BREAKING: Public ownership of water companies would reduce bills by £3–5bn a year.
A report by the University of Greenwich and @weownit.org.uk shows households would be £113 a year better off with nationalised water companies.
The Green Party wants to see water back into public hands
A report by the University of Greenwich and @weownit.org.uk shows households would be £113 a year better off with nationalised water companies.
The Green Party wants to see water back into public hands
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Did you know that Wes Streeting has removed a ‘cost cap’ from private companies delivering NHS care- therefore giving them special treatment over publicly-owned NHS services?🚨
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
NHS scraps plan to cap costs of bringing down waiting lists
Patients in England can expect to be seen quicker as cost-cutting plans that capped the amount paid to private hospitals for treating NHS patients are abandoned
www.thetimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Did you know that Wes Streeting has removed a ‘cost cap’ from private companies delivering NHS care- therefore giving them special treatment over publicly-owned NHS services?🚨
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Imagine if publicly-owned NHS services had an unlimited budget to treat patients!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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A lot in the news this morning about the NHS. Maybe doing this would help...
@patmillsuk.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#TaxTheSuperRich
Bylines Scotland Radio: Patriotic Millionaires UK
@patmillsuk.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#TaxTheSuperRich
Bylines Scotland Radio: Patriotic Millionaires UK
Bylines Scotland Radio: Patriotic Millionaires UK
Ronnie Barbour meets the Patriotic Millionaires UK who believe the country deserves proper investment by taxing the richest people who can afford to pay more
bylines.scot
April 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A lot in the news this morning about the NHS. Maybe doing this would help...
@patmillsuk.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#TaxTheSuperRich
Bylines Scotland Radio: Patriotic Millionaires UK
@patmillsuk.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#TaxTheSuperRich
Bylines Scotland Radio: Patriotic Millionaires UK
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Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs.
No impact assessment produced.
A Wes Streeting recipe for privatisation dressed up as efficiency drive.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to the private sector. 30% -40% of money will vanish in profits. Money will buy less.
Must resist.
No impact assessment produced.
A Wes Streeting recipe for privatisation dressed up as efficiency drive.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to the private sector. 30% -40% of money will vanish in profits. Money will buy less.
Must resist.
Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders
Exclusive: Scale of looming job losses prompts NHS leaders to ask Treasury to cover costs
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs.
No impact assessment produced.
A Wes Streeting recipe for privatisation dressed up as efficiency drive.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to the private sector. 30% -40% of money will vanish in profits. Money will buy less.
Must resist.
No impact assessment produced.
A Wes Streeting recipe for privatisation dressed up as efficiency drive.
NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to the private sector. 30% -40% of money will vanish in profits. Money will buy less.
Must resist.
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Magic Money Tree
Rolls-Royce wants UK subsidies for new engine.
Why can shareholders not fund it?
Govt won't give repayable loan, won't take equity stake. Company will own resulting asset & income streams.
Huge wealth transfer to private hands.
Must check corporate welfare.
archive.ph/ImPcN
Rolls-Royce wants UK subsidies for new engine.
Why can shareholders not fund it?
Govt won't give repayable loan, won't take equity stake. Company will own resulting asset & income streams.
Huge wealth transfer to private hands.
Must check corporate welfare.
archive.ph/ImPcN
Rolls-Royce in talks over UK subsidies for new engine development
FTSE 100 group believes the £3bn narrow-body project could deliver a step change in British economy
www.ft.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Magic Money Tree
Rolls-Royce wants UK subsidies for new engine.
Why can shareholders not fund it?
Govt won't give repayable loan, won't take equity stake. Company will own resulting asset & income streams.
Huge wealth transfer to private hands.
Must check corporate welfare.
archive.ph/ImPcN
Rolls-Royce wants UK subsidies for new engine.
Why can shareholders not fund it?
Govt won't give repayable loan, won't take equity stake. Company will own resulting asset & income streams.
Huge wealth transfer to private hands.
Must check corporate welfare.
archive.ph/ImPcN
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Privatisation of essentials fleeces people.
Average annual household energy bill up by £111 to £1,849.
UK has the fourth highest household electricity price in the world.
Companies making record profits, still get subsidies.
Profiteering increases inflation and poverty.
Must nationalise energy.
Average annual household energy bill up by £111 to £1,849.
UK has the fourth highest household electricity price in the world.
Companies making record profits, still get subsidies.
Profiteering increases inflation and poverty.
Must nationalise energy.
With bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownership
The obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken
leftfootforward.org
April 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Privatisation of essentials fleeces people.
Average annual household energy bill up by £111 to £1,849.
UK has the fourth highest household electricity price in the world.
Companies making record profits, still get subsidies.
Profiteering increases inflation and poverty.
Must nationalise energy.
Average annual household energy bill up by £111 to £1,849.
UK has the fourth highest household electricity price in the world.
Companies making record profits, still get subsidies.
Profiteering increases inflation and poverty.
Must nationalise energy.
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It didn’t take a genius guess the Tory plan.
Starve our #NHS of money for 14 years until there were SEVEN MILLION people on waiting lists.
Then say "Hey, look, the NHS is failing. We need to privatise it.”
Our NHS is not failing.
It is BEING FAILED by our politicians.
Starve our #NHS of money for 14 years until there were SEVEN MILLION people on waiting lists.
Then say "Hey, look, the NHS is failing. We need to privatise it.”
Our NHS is not failing.
It is BEING FAILED by our politicians.
April 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
It didn’t take a genius guess the Tory plan.
Starve our #NHS of money for 14 years until there were SEVEN MILLION people on waiting lists.
Then say "Hey, look, the NHS is failing. We need to privatise it.”
Our NHS is not failing.
It is BEING FAILED by our politicians.
Starve our #NHS of money for 14 years until there were SEVEN MILLION people on waiting lists.
Then say "Hey, look, the NHS is failing. We need to privatise it.”
Our NHS is not failing.
It is BEING FAILED by our politicians.
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This cannot be right that ordinary people are constantly bearing higher costs for services which are necessary for life - when profits soar.
Energy bills up 6.4% — while network providers raked in £4 billion in “excess” profits over four years.
Water bills up 26% — while firms paid £78 billion in dividends since privatisation & racked up £64 billion in debt.
End this scam. Bring water & energy into public ownership.
Water bills up 26% — while firms paid £78 billion in dividends since privatisation & racked up £64 billion in debt.
End this scam. Bring water & energy into public ownership.
April 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This cannot be right that ordinary people are constantly bearing higher costs for services which are necessary for life - when profits soar.
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We have been keeping a log of sewage dumping for 2 years now with no sign of improvement in the water companies’ performance. Here is the latest in our #SewageWatch series:
Sewage Watch – Protect our rivers and beaches
Since April 2023 Sewage Watch has been keeping a running log of press coverage on the state of sewage dumping into our rivers and onto our beaches - Updated January 2025
westenglandbylines.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We have been keeping a log of sewage dumping for 2 years now with no sign of improvement in the water companies’ performance. Here is the latest in our #SewageWatch series:
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This is exactly why we must not have private firms delivering our public services and social care: because it is precisely when people are at their most vulnerable that private firms exploit them for the greatest profit. The exact opposite of what vulnerable people need & deserve
Heathrow hotels quadruple prices as flight cancelled.
Stranded passengers at Sofitel hotel near the airport asked to pay £700 a night for a standard room.
Holiday Inn quadrupled prices.
Capitalists have no ethics/compassion. No regulator would investigate.
Boycott price gougers.
archive.ph/tOFkD
Stranded passengers at Sofitel hotel near the airport asked to pay £700 a night for a standard room.
Holiday Inn quadrupled prices.
Capitalists have no ethics/compassion. No regulator would investigate.
Boycott price gougers.
archive.ph/tOFkD
Heathrow hotels quadruple prices as stranded passengers drive demand
Customers with few alternatives complain of ‘price gouging’ after flights cancelled
www.ft.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This is exactly why we must not have private firms delivering our public services and social care: because it is precisely when people are at their most vulnerable that private firms exploit them for the greatest profit. The exact opposite of what vulnerable people need & deserve
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Well said Zarah.
March 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Well said Zarah.
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BREAKING 🚨 Can you guess which 5 MPs have taken the highest total donations from people+companies linked to the private health sector between 2023-2025?
1. Wes Streeting - £179,575
2. Yvette Cooper - £165,439
3. Shabana Mahmood - £136,168
4. Tom Tugendhat - £106,297
5. Rachel Reeves - £94,043
...
1. Wes Streeting - £179,575
2. Yvette Cooper - £165,439
3. Shabana Mahmood - £136,168
4. Tom Tugendhat - £106,297
5. Rachel Reeves - £94,043
...
March 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
BREAKING 🚨 Can you guess which 5 MPs have taken the highest total donations from people+companies linked to the private health sector between 2023-2025?
1. Wes Streeting - £179,575
2. Yvette Cooper - £165,439
3. Shabana Mahmood - £136,168
4. Tom Tugendhat - £106,297
5. Rachel Reeves - £94,043
...
1. Wes Streeting - £179,575
2. Yvette Cooper - £165,439
3. Shabana Mahmood - £136,168
4. Tom Tugendhat - £106,297
5. Rachel Reeves - £94,043
...
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Any govt that allows this is not a government if the people.
"An energy industry that has raked in a staggering £483bn in profits since 2020 continues to benefit from the system, leaving households trapped in an endless cycle of price hikes and financial hardship."
www.bigissue.com/opinion/ener...
"An energy industry that has raked in a staggering £483bn in profits since 2020 continues to benefit from the system, leaving households trapped in an endless cycle of price hikes and financial hardship."
www.bigissue.com/opinion/ener...
How the energy industry is profiting from our pain as bills are set to go up
Ofgem’s is set to announce the energy price cap next week, with bills forecast to increase again for households.
www.bigissue.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Any govt that allows this is not a government if the people.
"An energy industry that has raked in a staggering £483bn in profits since 2020 continues to benefit from the system, leaving households trapped in an endless cycle of price hikes and financial hardship."
www.bigissue.com/opinion/ener...
"An energy industry that has raked in a staggering £483bn in profits since 2020 continues to benefit from the system, leaving households trapped in an endless cycle of price hikes and financial hardship."
www.bigissue.com/opinion/ener...
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If Brexit had never happened…
…we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things.
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…we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things.
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February 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If Brexit had never happened…
…we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things.
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…we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things.
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🔥 Please reshare this important statement on Ukraine from the governments of Germany, France, UK, Poland, Italy and Spain.
Europe stands with Ukraine.
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Europe stands with Ukraine.
🇪🇺 🇺🇦
UK being at the Weimar + meeting and signing this shows we can play a constructive role in Europe and that Europe is better when we do. A glimmer of hope for Ukraine? And for the EU-UK reset?
February 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🔥 Please reshare this important statement on Ukraine from the governments of Germany, France, UK, Poland, Italy and Spain.
Europe stands with Ukraine.
🇪🇺 🇺🇦
Europe stands with Ukraine.
🇪🇺 🇺🇦
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🙌 Well done everyone! 🙌
Read (and share!) this piece by Robert McMaster, who started the petition:
Read (and share!) this piece by Robert McMaster, who started the petition:
Petition to rejoin the EU reaches 100,000 signatures
100,000 signatures - enough to be considered for a debate by MPs in Parliament!
northeastbylines.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🙌 Well done everyone! 🙌
Read (and share!) this piece by Robert McMaster, who started the petition:
Read (and share!) this piece by Robert McMaster, who started the petition: