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Getting to net zero in UK public services: The road to decarbonisation

A UNISON report on the measures and costs for public services to meet climate targets The policy analysis and case studies for this report weredelivered by Dr. Vera Weghmann of the Public ServicesInternational Research Unit (PSIRU) at the University ofGreenwich. Her research focuses on public services, inparticular privatisation, remunicipalisation, renationalisation,public sector financing and public sector […]

Transport for London: Public Ownership and Democratic Operation

Narrative Change and Public Services Spending and Provision

by Alhassan Adam, Esteban Castro, David Hall, Satoko Kishimoto, Jenny Nguyen, Kyla Sankey, Vera Weghmann For too long we have been sold the narrative that public services are a thing of the past. Public services are too inefficient, public spending is too high, and people don’t want to pay for it. Since the public sector […]

Closing the GPG in public services in the context of austerity

EU Social Dialogue project VS/2018/0074: Closing the GPG in the public sector in the context of austerity, involving a partnership between Fondazione ADAPT/ADAPT Foundation; Stredoeurópsky inštitút pre výskum práce/Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI); Centre for Research on Employment and Work (CREW), University of Greenwich and the European Public Services Union (EPSU)

Why public-private partnerships (PPPs) are still not delivering

Taking our public services back in house – A remunicipalisation guide for workers and trade unions

by Dr. Vera Weghmann, University of Greenwich

Safe Jobs in the Circular Economy. Health and Safety in Waste and Waste-Water Management

by Vera Weghmann

The COVID-19 Crisis and the Future of Tertiary Education: A Green Paper

Dr Jane Lethbridge and Prof Patrick Ainley

Deaths and outsourcing: lessons from the Serco cases

David Hall

Privatised and Unprepared: The NHS Supply Chain

Co-published by the University of Greenwich and We Own ItWritten byProf David Hall Visiting professor at PSIRU, University of GreenwichDr John Lister Visiting senior lecturer at Coventry University,Co-editor of The LowdownCat Hobbs, Pascale Robinson and Chris Jarvis We Own ItWith additional material byDr Helen Mercer Senior lecturer, University of Greenwich (retired)