Experts raise alarm as firms aiming to maximise assets and sell for profit become more involved in vital public services‘Financial pandemic’: £1 in every £11 spent on UK public contractors goes to private...
Read MoreExperts raise alarm as firms aiming to maximise assets and sell for profit become more involved in vital public services‘Financial pandemic’: £1 in every £11 spent on UK public contractors goes to private...
Read MoreAlmost £24.4bn of government money went to private equity-run firms in year to April 2025, Guardian analysis shows‘Treating children like cattle’: what happens when private equity takes over a UK care...
Read MoreExclusive: Ex-minister accuses Labour of ‘overcautiousness’ and says his proposal was cut from manifestoWes Streeting has said his plan to ban “private equity sharks” from the social care sector was...
Read MoreWhen did care homes come to be seen as recession-proof investments? And who pays the price?On a spring morning in 1987, a 30-year-old man named Robert Kilgour pulled up beside a row of foamy cherry trees in the town of...
Read MoreChancellor stopped short of saying which regulators were in government’s crosshairsThe chancellor Rachel Reeveshas told private equity bosses that she plans to shut down more regulators across the UK as she attempts to...
Read MoreLetter from rights groups says RedBird Capital’s proposed takeover threatens media pluralism and transparencyA group of nine human rights and freedom of expression organisations have called on the culture secretary to halt...
Read MoreExclusive: Cross-party group including peers warns of risk of ‘potential Chinese state influence’ in private equity firmA cross-party group of MPs and peers has called on ministers to investigate how a US private...
Read MoreCommon Wealth says private gas-fired stations can charge exorbitant fees when renewable energy is in short supplyBritain’s gas power stations should be nationalised to prevent their owners from holding the electricity...
Read MoreStephen Schwarzman’s Blackstone Group will fund data centre bringing 4,000 jobs to north-east EnglandKeir Starmer is set to announce the creation of a £10bn AI datacentre, bringing 4,000 jobs to north-east England,...
Read MoreExclusive: Charities concerned at profits being made from government contracts to help victimsMillions in taxpayer funds are being paid to private equity-backed firms to provide specialist support services for rape and sexual...
Read MoreWith more public money on its way, Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls for commitments on value for money and staff payWhy those profiting from childcare in England need to be kept in checkCampaigners are calling for tougher...
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Disruption at Channel crossings expected to rise amid new
Byelection winner says heatwaves are causing ‘absolute chaos’ and
Disruption at Channel crossings expected to rise amid new
