“[Privatisation] was sold as the dream of a shareholder democracy but instead created the nightmare of Rip-Off Britain: families paying more for essential services, while shareholders pocket hundreds of billions in dividends from what were once publicly owned services”
“The ‘true cost in law’ of nationalising the UK water sector is far lower than the government’s figure and is in fact ‘closer to zero’, according to a report from the think tank Common Wealth.”
The UK government has calculated that nationalising the water sector would cost around £100bn, but this has been disputed by analysts at @cmmonwealth.bsky.social who argue the government has powers to do it at a far lower cost
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