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'Ministers must halt all privatisation' following HMP Birmingham scandal
Labour warns outsourcing is 'putting the public in danger'
'Outsourcing is putting the public in danger': Shadow chancellor John McDonnell

MINISTERS must halt all privatisation following their crisis intervention at the stricken G4S-run Birmingham prison, Labour said today.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said outsourcing was now “putting the public in danger,” warning: “Birmingham Prison, Carillion and East Coast Rail have all collapsed because of failed Tory privatisation.

“This has to be a wake-up call and a turning point in how our public services are run so we can protect the public instead of private profit.”

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