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December 20, 2020

Big Pharma business model 'serious obstacle to wiping out Covid-19'

The public has paid for most of the research, so any vaccines that come out of it should be owned by the public, says Global Justice Now.
November 3, 2020

CMA water decision sets dangerous precedent and could cost consumers £3.7bn

Citizens Advice believes some decisions by the CMA are poorly evidenced and could set a costly precedent for other regulated sectors, including energy networks, to appeal price controls, .
September 18, 2020

Oxfam calls on pharmaceutical companies to share vaccine knowledge free of patents

We need a People’s Vaccine, not a profit vaccine, says Oxfam as it calls on pharmaceutical companies to share their knowledge free of patents.
September 12, 2020

Pandemic profits for companies soar as poorest pay the price, says Oxfam

Some corporations are cashing in on COVID-19 on behalf of the wealthiest, says a new Oxfam report.
April 10, 2020

EU countries lose over £10 billion to Netherlands corporate tax haven

EU governments must make corporations pay tax based on where their employees do real work, and not where their accountants hide their profits, says the Tax Justice Network.
February 17, 2020

UK development bank 'doing more harm than good'

A new report has found that Britain’s development bank, CDC Group, is doing more harm than good around the world, nearly a decade after the Conservative-led government pledged to reform it following a string of scandals.
January 31, 2020

Plan for social care should break private provider grip on the sector, says NEF

Care users and workers should benefit from any increased funding, rather than the owners of increasingly large private firms, according to a new report from the New Economics Foundation
December 6, 2019

Businesses and campaigners back global tax standard to tackle $500bn corporate tax abuse

For comparison, the combined health expenditures of all lower-income countries was $22 billion in 2016.
July 3, 2019

Gilead 'fails to keep promise on access to lifesaving drug for people living with HIV'

Pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences has failed to deliver on promises to make an important drug available to people suffering from a life-threatening HIV-related infection, said Médecins Sans Frontières.
March 21, 2019

NEU expresses 'serious concerns' over government's International Education Strategy

The National Education Union says the strategy illustrates the government's determination to marketise education.