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Royal Mail staff to say ''no'' to privatisation
Government plans to privatise Royal Mail should be stopped, the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters has said

Prison disruption due to mismanagement
HM Inspectorate of Prisons said there was too much violence and staff were unable to manage it

Leadership is key when prisons go private
The transfer of five public prisons to the private sector this year will pose an altogether new challenge for commercial operators, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick has told Public Servant

'NHS will be unrecognisable in five years'
The Unite union says the government must reverse its policies and make the NHS the preferred provider of choice

Labour tells Lords: stop NHS privatisation
Labour is to push peers to vote on the coalition government's NHS competition regulations

Victims’ minister Helen Grant

''I can't protect trafficking victims on my own''

Victims' minister Helen Grant calls on local authorities and their partners to play a ''fundamental'' role in stamping out trafficking. Here is her speech at the anti-human trafficking conference organised by the Salvation Army

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