Privatising public services must be outlined in a manifesto prior to an election

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Since 2010, the Government has privatised a huge number of publicly owned assets. Royal Mail, Eurostar, our shares in RBS, Lloyds Bank and Northern Rock. Most of these sales are facilitated with no accountability. The Royal Mail sell off was largely believed to be under sold by nearly £1 billion

Royal Mail
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28250963

Eurostar
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2016/01/20-eurostar-sale-evidence-of-undervalued.html

Northern Rock
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/17/northern-rock-sale-good-deal-for-taxpayers

RBS
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/aug/04/rbs-sell-off-george-osborne-defends-1bn-loss

Why it was rejected

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Timeline

11 Apr 2019	Petition opened for signatures
13 May 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 May 2019

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