Yet more bus services will be coming back into public ownership
A recent poll for LFF found that 67% of the public want to see buses in public ownership.
A recent poll for LFF found that 67% of the public want to see buses in public ownership.
Privatisation has failed.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has told Labour conference that the party must bring energy back into public ownership.
Among Tory voters, 57% back the Government to run utilities and 29% prefer the private sector.
TPE is the latest train operator to be brought under government control.
‘We believe in a public transport system where power is in the hands of the public.’
The TUC is proposing a reshaping of the UK’s energy system, to be more in line with our European neighbours that are finding it easier to weather the current crisis.
Andy Burnham says the privatisation of public transport has failed.
‘The government could help households by freezing rents, energy and train fare prices. It could eliminate profiteering by bringing vital industries such as gas, water, electricity and railways into public ownership, but that is not on its agenda.’
We Own It director Cat Hobbs argues ‘privatisation is an extreme ideological experiment’