From the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’:
How and why Andy Burnham should deliver public ownership.
Private profit-making companies can do many things well; running essential public s... Read More
RiverAction UK: Join us in calling for a new chapter for Thames Water.
Thames Water is in crisis. Almost £20 billion of debt, years of underinvestment and England’s worst sewage pollution record have... Read More
From the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’:
The 5 key tests of public ownership.
When he came to power as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham said he wanted to end 40 years of neoliberalism, a... Read More
From the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’:
They take the dividends; we deal with the sewage. That is water privatisation in a nutshell!
Thank you Tracy Brabin for being so vocal abou... Read More
From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did.
Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical... Read More
UK: The case for nationalisation of water companies.
By Prem Sika, Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords.
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices.... Read More
Zack Polanski ‘absolutely right’ about privatisation threatening water security, water campaigner says.
‘Leaky pipes and a lack of reservoirs are inevitable outcomes of privatisation.’
I... Read More
Water company defends CEO’s £80,000 pay rise.
Wessex Water has defended a £80,000 pay rise awarded to its chief executive, saying it brings her salary “closer to market benchmarks”.... Read More
‘Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable crops.
Growers in dismay after scorching weather and lack of rain affect yields, sending wholesale prices rocketing.
P... Read More
