We Own It
@weownit.org.uk
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After 40 years, privatisation of our public services has failed. It's time for public ownership. We use it, we pay for it, We Own It. https://weownit.org.uk/people-not-profit https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/donate
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The public wants services that work for the public, not for profit. Are YOU the right person to help make that happen?

We've 2 vacancies: Communications & Campaign Support / Operations Lead
Deadline to apply: midnight Sunday 9 November
Apply via our website.
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We're hiring!
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The public wants services that work for the public, not for profit. Are YOU the right person to help make that happen?

We've 2 vacancies: Communications & Campaign Support / Operations Lead
Deadline to apply: midnight Sunday 9 November
Apply via our website.
vist.ly/49r92
We're hiring!
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This is the quite the journey!
😡The expense
😱The archaic, broken ticketing system
🙄The delays and cancellations.

If you think we all deserve better than the 💩private transport system we've got, support us and fight for public ownership.
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cathobbs.bsky.social
This is so wrong. Ministers should protect the public interest, not a handful of creditors clinging on to their bad investments

@ofwat.bsky.social and the government must prioritise households and the environment, cut Thames Water's debt in half right now with Special Administration
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"Decency demands that Ofwat and the Government don’t allow themselves to be pushed around by a bunch of opportunistic hedge funds"

Ofwat must say NO to more sewage and setting a dangerous precedent

Excellent article on Thames Water in the Telegraph

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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simonforstroud.bsky.social
I have committed to keeping our NHS publicly owned and publicly funded.

Private finance is not welcome in our NHS, and must be ruled out at the Autumn Budget this November. @weownit.org.uk
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cathobbs.bsky.social
Private companies incentivised to put asylum seekers in hotels rather than bedsits as they could earn EIGHT TIMES as much profit, says @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social

Hotel owners and private companies benefiting despite allegations of terrible conditions

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
www.bbc.co.uk
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cathobbs.bsky.social
Are they actually joking ⁉️

5 private water companies want permission to raise your bills EVEN HIGHER

💧Bills already went up £10/month in April💧

There is no market, the rip off won't end until we end privatisation

Start by taking back Thames Water

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises
CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat
www.theguardian.com
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In December, Ofwat approved average bills going up 36% by 2030 - that's £597 a year.

🤑But for the water companies, that's not enough! Shareholders want more of your money, so they're appealing for even bigger bill increases.

END THE SCAM. Public ownership of water, starting with Thames Water.
Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises
CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat
www.theguardian.com
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In her conference speech Rachel Reeves promised £29 billion for the day-to-day funding of the NHS.

Is this private finance? NHS Trusts already have £40bn of debt. More will be a disaster.

Take action - tell Rachel Reeves, don't paralyse our NHS with more private finance.
Take Action - ring-fence our NHS from new PFI
Rachel Reeves can protect our NHS from private finance in her Autumn Budget.
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cathobbs.bsky.social
Thames Water creditors offering to save their own skins with 25% debt write off while carrying on polluting your rivers for the next 15 years?!

NO NO NO

Special Administration NOW. Cut the debt by 50%, invest every penny of your bills in stopping sewage

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules
Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040
www.theguardian.com
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🔥"What is more British than wanting to own instead of renting for everyone in this country?"

We Own It Director Cat Hobbs speaking at Commonwealth's panel event 'Who Owns Britain?' at Labour Conference. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:egvrtbix76defbtjk743wb7s" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@cmmonwealth.bsky.social
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This is a fantastic letter from former MP Margaret Greenwood <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ixtdj5ce6xodtcka2zm7r6dn" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@mgreenwood2024.bsky.social.
The government’s new 10-Year Plan for Health could bring private finance deals back. That would break Labour’s 2024 election manifesto promise that “the NHS will always be publicly owned and publicly funded”.
NHS 10-year plan will embed privatisation and hollow out the health service | Letter
strongLetter: /strongGovernment reforms could lead to the NHS going the way of social care, where the state is longer able, or willing, to deliver, says strongMargaret Greenwood/strong
www.theguardian.com
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cathobbs.bsky.social
Labour's manifesto promised "the NHS will always be publicly owned and publicly funded" 🏥

Rachel Reeves is considering breaking that promise with new PFI 💔

But 30 Labour MPs have confirmed they stand by the promise ❤️

Brilliant Mirror coverage thanks to @martinbagot.bsky.social 👇
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We were delighted to have @PaulJSweeney as part of our panel event with @LabourList at #Lab25.

⭐Here's what public ownership could look like:
✅involvement in innovative infrastructure
✅reinvesting profits in local communities
✅taking public stakes in the companies of the future.
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cathobbs.bsky.social
I will trust this government to deliver an "online hospital" that works for patients when they've fixed the problems with the real ones

Around 320 patients DIE every week due to long waits for beds in A&Es

Fund our NHS, fund new doctors, end the waste of outsourcing, no new PFI
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These 33 wonderful MPs elected under Labour’s manifesto and 2 peers want the government to keep the promise they made in their manifesto. 
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📣Tonight!📣
Want to find out who really owns Britain? 🧐

Join @ca
thobbs and other great guests at this @commonwealth event at #Labour conference on 30th September.
Who Owns Britain?
Who Owns Britain? Join us for a Panel Discussion and Drinks Reception during Labour Party Conference hosted by Common Wealth.
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🔥28 good Labour MPs have already signed the Labour Manifesto Board, standing for a publicly funded NHS.

If you have a Labour MP ask them to sign now.

If you don’t have a Labour MP email Rachel Reeves directly. 👇
Ring-fence our NHS from new PFI - take action now
Rachel Reeves can protect our NHS from private finance in her Autumn Budget.
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Labour was elected to protect our #NHS, not open the door to disastrous new private finance deals!

Great coverage of our action outside Labour Party conference today, by @martinbagot
Link to full article in comments 👇
 Mirror IN YOUR AREA FUNERAL NOTICES SHOP COMPETITIONS DAT EXCLUSIVE: Labour MPs confronted at conference over NHS private finance 'betrayal' Private finance initiative (PFI) deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS 'payday loans'
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cathobbs.bsky.social
"The NHS will always be publicly owned and publicly funded" was Labour's 2024 manifesto promise

Today 27 Labour MPs confirmed they still stand by it 👏👏👏

No new PFI in our NHS - it's like paying for a new house with a payday loan

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Labour MPs confronted over NHS private finance ‘betrayal’
Private finance initiative (PFI) deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS ‘payday loans’
www.mirror.co.uk