Thames Water fiasco: gov’t asleep at the wheel

The financial turmoil that has engulfed Thames Water demonstrates that the government has been found asleep at the wheel yet again and that the UK’s regulatory regime is not fit for purpose, Unite has warned. Unite, which represents hundreds of workers at Thames Water, is committed to ensuring that the workers, as well as the […]

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Carillion five years on

Exactly five years ago, Carillion – a giant construction and services empire built on hoovering huge government contracts – spectacularly collapsed, with a debt pile of £7bn and only £29m left in the bank. More than 3,000 directly employed workers were made redundant, with many more in the supply chain losing their jobs; construction companies […]

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