Labour’s rail plans show Keir Starmer’s cautious populism
The commitment to take the industry back into public ownership is a victory for the soft left.
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Louise Haigh: Labour manifesto will pledge rail renationalisation
The shadow transport secretary on her plan to take private operators back into public ownership.
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New Labour would have already nationalised Thames Water
The example of Railtrack should remind us that even business-friendly governments aren’t always averse to public ownership.
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Sold down the river
England’s broken water industry is a case study in the dangers of dogmatic privatisation. It is time to rethink our…
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Labour’s publicly controlled buses policy is vital – but it’s only the first step
Transport for London-style franchising will improve local services. But councils need to open decision-making to the public.
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The great energy rip-off is a symptom of our broken economy
The general secretary of Unite on the failure of Labour and the Conservatives to come up with a solution to…
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Can nationalisation by stealth save Britain’s railways?
The demise of TransPennine Express shows again how everything is starting to break after 13 years of Tory government.
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Keir Starmer needs to privatise the railways
Nationalisation is popular, but the government basically runs the trains already and they are expensive and unreliable.
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