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The Royal Liverpool Hospital stands as a monument to incompetence, greed and our rotten business culture.

It is one of 14 hospitals left in the lurch by the collapse of privatisation giant Carillion.

Medical staff describe working in slum conditions, with broken lifts, faulty equipment and wards closed due to flooding.

This is the reality of what happens when firms such as Carillion run our public services.

(Image: Pat Hurst/PA)

The corporate spivs at Carillion feasted off state contracts, lining their own pockets and finally leaving the public firmly in the lurch.

Their avarice cost the innocent their jobs and denied the people of Liverpool and ­elsewhere the healthcare they deserve.

The only reason Carillion was able to exploit these lucrative deals was because of a Government wedded to the free market.

The case for bringing such contracts back in house has never been stronger.

It is time to put the public good before private greed.