Government outsourcing has channelled public money into private profit, at the expense of workers’ rights, democratic accountability and service quality. Bringing services back in-house should be the default across the public sector.
Promised reforms to employment law, in Parliament this week, are a good first step to driving up the quality of work in Britain, but there are signs of serious trouble and self-limited ambitions ahead.
Common Wealth's Amelia Horgan spoke to Novara Media's Labour Movement Correspondent, Polly Smythe, about the strike wave, anti-trade union legislation, and the history of labour reporting.
