The water regulator has issued a record £168m fine to Thames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water for a ‘catalogue of failure’ regarding illegal sewage discharges – with more fines expected to follow.
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Bans on water company boss bonuses, but no overhaul of Britain’s creaking (and leaking) water industry.
Not all UK water companies are run in the same way.
Problems with affordable, accessible energy could be mitigated by making more energy providers publicly owned.
Investors in the private companies that Labour plans to nationalise are likely to seek compensation for their losses.
Evidence from the UK and around the world suggests private ownership results in more efficient companies, more investment and more renewable energy.
A look at the theory behind nationalising key public services, as well as what has happened in practice.
No other country has fully adopted the UK model of railway privatisation. And for good reason.
Achieving the goal of sustainable cities depends on rolling back the market after decades of privatisation and deregulation.
The UK spent much of the late 20th century voting to sell off public services – but now support is growing for a renationalisation programme.
The new Labour leader has been pilloried for extolling public ownership. In fact, he’s bang on trend.
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Professor of Regional Political Economy, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Economic Development, University of Hertfordshire
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Essex
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Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow in Public Services, University of Greenwich
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Professor of Industrial Strategy & Regional Development, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regions and Industrial Strategy (CGRIS), University of Bath
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Associate Professor, College of Charleston
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Chancellor's Fellow Sociology and History of Biomedicine, University of Edinburgh
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Departmental Lecturer and Course Director MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics, University of Bath
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Visiting Professor in Public Services, University of Greenwich
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Professor of Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Business Economics, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Westminster