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So AstraZenica are not going ahead with the expansion of one of its plants because the offer of state aid from Rachel Reeves was less than Jeremy Hunt offered last year.

If you wondered how BigPharma became one of the most profitable sectors in the global economy it is in least part through a very effective game of corporate welfare acquisition via implied threats to health services.

Still I'm sure they'll mobilise patient groups to blame Reeves!

#health #BigPharma

theguardian.com/business/2025/

The Guardian · AstraZeneca axes £450m vaccine plant in Liverpool, blaming state funding cutBy Heather Stewart
Ra

@ChrisMayLA6 but if organised workers strike for more pay that's worse somehow.

@Ra

Indeed; the organisation of labour is anti-competitive, while the organisation of capital is pro-growth.... tsk tsk, pay attention /s