Privatisation

Southeastern is latest rail franchise taken over by UK government

Few immediate benefits likely for commuters as DfT takes over day-to-day running of latest service stripped of franchise

Joanna Partridge

17, Oct, 2021 @11:31 AM

Channel 4 privatisation could put us out of business, say TV production firms

Forty-four small TV and film production companies take out full-page ad in Daily Telegraph

Mark Sweney Media business correspondent

05, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM

How do we avoid an expensive winter? Take energy back into public ownership | Cat Hobbs

Pressing ahead with a green new deal that reverses decades of privatisation is the key to better utilities, says Cat Hobbs, the founder of We Own It

Cat Hobbs

29, Sep, 2021 @12:04 PM

Southeastern’s state takeover will amplify calls for rail reform

Analysis: The shock is bigger than the surprise at the arrival of another troubled franchise into public hands

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

28, Sep, 2021 @4:58 PM

Labour conference: ‘wrong time’ to change leadership rules, says Burnham – as it happened

Labour party conference delegates will debate leader’s plans on Sunday afternoon

Andrew Sparrow

26, Sep, 2021 @5:38 PM

Stagecoach takeover could mark end of a profitable era for bus and train tycoons

The fortunes of Brian Souter’s firm seem to have closely followed those of privatised public transport in the UK

26, Sep, 2021 @6:00 AM

If the UK’s energy suppliers were publicly owned, would we be having this crisis? | David Hall

In Germany, France and even the US, most energy is supplied by the state, and such challenges are more easily faced, says David Hall, visiting professor at the University of Greenwich

David Hall

23, Sep, 2021 @4:00 PM

Don’t let Channel 4 fall into private hands | Letter

Letter: Oliver B Steward argues against government proposals to privatise the television channel

Letters

17, Sep, 2021 @3:21 PM

Oliver Dowden restates his claim Channel 4 would benefit from privatisation

Culture secretary to give speech that will signal government’s intention to push ahead with plan

Jim Waterson Media editor

14, Sep, 2021 @11:01 PM

Channel 4 privatisation ‘could shut up to 60 production companies’

As public consultation closes, analysts say a sale would undermine UK’s ‘levelling up’ agenda

Mark Sweney Media business correspondent

14, Sep, 2021 @12:12 PM

Channel 4 buys rights to Emma Raducanu’s US Open final

The state-owned broadcaster stepped in to serve up a deal that allowed UK viewers to watch the British tennis star for free

Vanessa Thorpe

12, Sep, 2021 @5:35 AM

Labour must seize the initiative on social care | Letters

Letters: Social care should be fully returned to the public sector, writes David Hinchliffe, while Pam Clarke says privatisation has been a failed experiment and Roger Fisken says Labour should defend high taxes for decent public service provision