Researched by Dexter Whitfield, European Services Strategy Unit, and member of the SAPPP Taskforce. Briefing paper published by Common Weal as part of the Scotland Against PPP Task Force for Financing Public Scotland: Introduction and methodologyImpact of tax havensGovernance and disclosureCorporate tax haven IndexUse of tax havens by Hub CompaniesUse of tax haven in NPD…

Identifies five forms of fragmentation – institutional fragmentation which involves the formation of new institutions or transfer of responsibilities to companies or trusts; organisational and managerial fragmentation by transferring duties to business units; service fragmentation by outsourcing; employer fragmentation as a result off institutional, organisational an service fragmentation leading to multiple employers; workplace fragmentation with…

Community Land Act: Land Nationalisation Betrayed SCAT worked with several community campaigns confronted by property speculation including the Battersea Redevelopment Action Group and the North Southwark Community Development Group to produce a highly critical analysis (1976) of the Community Land Act 1975 as a betrayal of land nationalization. It contained reports on Southwark, Cardiff, Lewes,…

Fifty-six issues were produced between 1983-1997 contained news, analysis and information focusing on key issues and developments in the public and recently privatised sectors. Each 16-page issue reported on contract failures, campaigns and industrial action, company information, research, policy and legislative changes with a print run of 10,000 copies. Sample of five issues:

Sale of Equity in PFI companies, Written evidence to House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, June 2011 House of Commons Committee of Public AccountsLessons from PFI and other projectsReport, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidenceHC 1201 – 1 September 2011 chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/viewer.html?pdfurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fcm201012%2Fcmselect%2Fcmpubacc%2F1201%2F1201.pdf&clen=1068056&chunk=true The Committee conclusions and recommendations included: “The Treasury was unable to…

Global, State and City dimensions of privatisation Addresses the key issues determined by the Select Committee on the cost, quality, impact and the effect on income and wealth inequality, public participation, social cohesion and the role of government. Includes a brief political economy overview, a typology of privatisation, an alternative strategy and 23 recommendations for…

Barnet UNISON has published its Pay and Conditions Claim 2021 to The Barnet Group (TBG), the London Borough of Barnet’s arms-length company which delivers housing, physical and learning disability, residential and social care and other services. It had 300 employees in 2012 which increased to 1,150 by 2020. The report details the employment policies of…