Fight Northants privatisation!
Conservative-run Northamptonshire (Northants) County Council is planning to transfer its 4,000 workers to four semi-private “community interest companies” in a bid to save money. Only 150 staff will remain directly employed by the council, to commission and administer the contracts for services with these new semi-privatised companies, or with fully private companies. Already, private company Balfour Beatty runs the street lighting and, another, Kier the roads. The community interest companies will be able to make surpluses and it is planned they will sell services to other “customers” as well...