Introduction;Part 1: The recent history;How did we get here? The recent moves to privatise children's social services and social work;Creeping political control: the Children and Social Work Bill and anti-professionalism;The key players and their networks;Part 2: The long haul;The formation of the welfare state and its 1980s rejection by Thatcher;Thatchers levers and emchanism to promote marketisation and privatisation;Blair and New Labour's contribution to the journey;Cameron, the Coalition and the Conservatives: Cambornism and enhanced Thatcherism;Part 3: The impact of privatisation;Privatisation of public services and the undermining of the welfare state;The experience and outcomes of privatising public services;The impact to date of the privatisation of social care, social services and social work;Part 4: Changing course;No to Tina: an alternative journey for social work and children's social services.