http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:01:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/04/the-lesson-of-the-railways-private-is-not-always-best/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/04/the-lesson-of-the-railways-private-is-not-always-best/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:55:17 +0000 Ben Chu http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=20097 What we have here is a lesson for those tempted to assume that privatisation of public services always produces greater efficiency and reduces public expenditure.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/04/the-lesson-of-the-railways-private-is-not-always-best/feed/ 122