Private companies have won £15BILLION of NHS contracts since 2015, research reveals amid political row over ‘health service for sale’ Private firms awarded contracts worth £3.6bn last year alone, up 89% since 2015 GMB report comes after Jeremy Corbyn blasted Tories for trying to sell off NHS He claimed they put the health service on […]
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Zero-hour contracts take huge mental and physical tolls: Poor eating habits, lack of sleep, relationship problems
The number of workers on zero-hours contracts continues to rise in the UK. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that between October and December 2018 there were between 777,000 and 911,000 people working on zero-hours contracts. But the impact of such contracts seems to be underestimated by the government. An independent government review of […]