Councils pay private companies a staggering £80bn a year to do the kind of things they should do themselves, like housing repairs and bin collections. Shareholders line their pockets with our money while running down services. We'll end this rip off.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-local-council-outsourcing-corbyn-john-mcdonnell-carillion-a9013321.html …
I pay a mechanic to service my car. It's not a rip off and he knows a lot more about cars than I do. @rogerharmer