If only this was true we could nip it in the bud - pardon the pun - but I 'll guarantee this will be about convenience or money and that has been going on for yonks now.
awaiting comment from "call me dave" justifying this on the basis of allowing private companies to maximise their profits being good for the economt and therefore good for the people of this country................
What a sad money driven world we live in. Hope the company gets taken to court and fined for being a heartless bunch of greedy cocks. I bet the guy is paid the lowest of wages anyway whilst the company directors take home wads of cash and drive Jags.