Public contracts were being awarded to Carillion, a notorious late payer that was robbing its pensioners blind and doing its shareholders no favours while paying astronomical bonuses to its directors and to its senior executives.
Carillion, Serco, Atos, G4S, even Virgin these days and for quite a long time: these are not really private companies at all. They are parasites on a State that ought to be doing these things itself, subject to democratic political accountability. That includes commissioning small and medium sized businesses. And then paying them, in full and on time.
Meanwhile, the usual suspects are having kittens because Jeremy Corbyn proposes that the State buy empty properties in order to house the homeless in them. But this is the kind of thing that Conservative central and local government used to do. It is the kind of thing that a Conservative Government reflective of Theresa May's rhetoric would already be doing.
Meanwhile, the usual suspects are having kittens because Jeremy Corbyn proposes that the State buy empty properties in order to house the homeless in them. But this is the kind of thing that Conservative central and local government used to do. It is the kind of thing that a Conservative Government reflective of Theresa May's rhetoric would already be doing.
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