Tag #Privatization

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Thames Water Hit with Record £123 Million Fine for Environmental Violations

Thames Water, serving 16 million UK customers, was fined £123 million by Ofwat for years of environmental violations, including excessive sewage discharges and infrastructure neglect, following the regulator's largest-ever investigation into the UK water industry.

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Clean Water and Sanitation
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Madrid Protest Highlights Healthcare Privatization Crisis

A protest in Madrid against healthcare privatization drew thousands, highlighting one million people on waiting lists, tens of thousands of children lacking pediatricians, and intolerable delays in primary care, sparking calls for increased public funding and a shift away from privatization.

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Good Health and Well-being
euronews.com
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Madrid Protest Condemns Healthcare Privatization

A mass protest in Madrid, organized by citizens' platform 'Vecinas y vecinos', denounced the privatization and dismantling of the public health system, citing a million people on waiting lists and tens of thousands of children without pediatricians, demanding increased regional health budget and a f...

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Good Health and Well-being
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Canada Post's Financial Instability and the Threat of a Nationwide Strike

Canada Post faces potential insolvency due to decreased mail volume and competition from U.S. delivery giants; workers threaten a strike on May 23, raising questions about the corporation's future and the government's role.

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Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Trump Weighs Privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Sparking Mortgage Rate Concerns

President Trump announced plans to consider re-privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, potentially increasing mortgage costs by $1,800-$2,800 annually for new homebuyers, a move that could destabilize the mortgage market.

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Reduced Inequality
theguardian.com
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For-Profit Failure in Australian Childcare: Systemic Issues and the Need for Reform

ABC 7.30 reports expose systemic failures in Australia's for-profit childcare sector, mirroring problems in other essential services like vocational education and aged care; profit-driven models prioritize cost-cutting over quality, leading to substandard services and regulatory failures, highlighti...

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Quality Education
theguardian.com
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Record £123m Fine for Thames Water Over Sewage Spills and Dividend Breaches

Thames Water was fined a record £104 million by Ofwat for sewage spills and a further £18.2 million for dividend rule breaches, marking the toughest crackdown on water companies in history and prompting calls for public ownership.

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Clean Water and Sanitation
dailymail.co.uk
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Royal Mail faces Ofcom probe over delivery failures

Royal Mail faces an Ofcom investigation for failing to deliver nearly one in four First Class items on time in the year to March 2025, resulting in potential financial penalties and proposed changes to its universal service obligation to cut costs and improve efficiency.

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Reduced Inequality
lemonde.fr
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GBR Launches First Train Service, Beginning Nationalization of British Railways

Great British Railways (GBR) launched its first train service on May 25th, 2025, from London Waterloo to Shepperton, marking the beginning of the nationalization of British railways under the Labour government's plan to bring ten companies under public ownership by October 2027.

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Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Soma Mine Disaster: Technical Failures and Systemic Negligence

The Soma mine disaster in 2014, caused by multiple preventable technical failures and managerial negligence, resulted in the deaths of 301 miners, highlighting systemic issues in Turkey's mining sector.

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Decent Work and Economic Growth
kathimerini.gr
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Piraeus Port Privatization: A Focal Point in US-China Rivalry

Greece's privatization of the Piraeus port to a Chinese company, due to the lack of Western interest during a period of global indifference, now places Greece at the center of US-China geopolitical tensions, creating significant strategic and economic challenges.

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Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
politico.eu
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Simion's "Romania First" Energy Gambit Risks Economic Fallout

In Romania's upcoming election, nationalist frontrunner George Simion seeks to reclaim the state-owned energy company Petrom from Austria's OMV, citing slow Black Sea gas development and aiming to boost the national economy.

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Affordable and Clean Energy

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