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Campaigners against privatisation lobbied the HSBC rail business awards in London on Friday of last week as part of their fight to keep Tyne & Wear Metro public. Nexus, the regional passenger transport executive, has lined up three private-sector bidders to compete for the right to run its operations and some infrastructure. The Metro is Britain’s last wholly public sector rail service, and is the country’s best performing rail network.

Hundreds of postal workers lobbied parliament on Tuesday, angry over the New Labour government’s plans to push through the privatisation of Royal Mail.

As one part of NHS privatisation hits the rocks, the government is ploughing ahead with others.

If the government is serious about minimising unemployment, why is it pushing ahead with plans that will lead to the slashing of tens of thousands of jobs in Royal Mail?

Karen Reissmann, the nurse sacked after speaking out against the privatisation of mental health services in Manchester, this week presents her case for unfair dismissal to an Employment Tribunal.

While the government continues with plans to further push the market into all parts of the health service, campaigners against privatisation have responded by issuing a call for a day of marches, stunts and protests on Saturday 14 February.

David Cameron has torn up his pledge to back Gordon Brown’s spending plans that were drawn up in response to the recession. The Tory leader now says he wants tax cuts for traditional Tory voters, more privatisation and cuts in public spending.

Gordon Brown recommitted the government to the privatisation of Royal Mail this week.

Bus workers in the Unite union have vowed to oppose plans unveiled by Transport for London (TfL) to privatise East Thames Buses, London’s only publicly-owned bus operator.

Barnet council in north London is considering privatising all its basic services, including children’s services – and its plans are provoking opposition.

A legal fund has been launched for Karen Reissmann, the Manchester mental health nurse who was sacked for speaking out against privatisation.

Teachers in the NUT union at the Royal Docks school in Newham, east London, are set to strike on Wednesday of this week against proposals to transform the school into an academy.