OFT to investigate trains, utilities and airports for rip offs
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The Office of Fair Trading is launching a major stock-take of the country's infrastructure - from ports, airports, trains and buses to utilities and car parks - to determine whether we are being ripped off by recent changes in ownership. A slew of these assets have changed hands in the past decade and many have been snapped up by foreign companies. The OFT denies that the review will lead to further privatisations, even though the new government desperately needs funds to balance the books.
