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The company which took over the running of the rail infrastructure has unveiled a pre-tax loss of £290 million in its first six months. Network Rail announced that in its first six months it made a pre-tax loss of £290 million compared to a profit of £295 million in 2001-02 by its predecessor Railtrack. Network… Read more »

The Chief Inspector of Prisons has today condemned the conditions at Liverpool Prison – western Europe’s largest jail. Anne Owers found the prison, which holds almost 1,500 inmates, to be ‘seriously under-performing’ under an ‘unacceptable regime’. The damning report follows a Government threat of privatisation if conditions do not improve. During the investigation, officials found… Read more »










