Jon Trickett responds to reports that the government is now placing Interserve under watch

Jon
Trickett MP, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, responding to reports that the
government is now placing Interserve under watch, said:

“The
Government awarded Interserve numerous contracts after significant profit
warnings, clearly showing us that Carillion was not an isolated case.

“The Tory
Government is wedded to a dogma which would rather see public services in
private hands, so their shareholders cream off the profits and the British
people pick up the bill.

“Even when
these huge firms are in unstable positions, the Government would rather risk
our services than actually run them for the public .

“The time is
up on the few profiteering at the expense of the many.”

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