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Only £230mn of £1bn injected into provider last year was used to upgrade operations
Christian Wolmar’s examination of nationalisation reveals that in the 1980s and 1990s the system was making progress
Go-Ahead will be operating under a cloud while investigations continue with the threat of further penalties
Probe finds ‘serious breaches’ of group’s franchise agreement, says transport secretary
State control will secure production of vital components for Royal Navy nuclear submarines
State to acquire stakes in important businesses facing acute financial difficulties
Termination of Northern contract signals wider problems with privatised system
Arriva’s contract halted early as state takes over second operator in 2 years
Exuberance over Tory victory tempered by UK’s lack of post-Brexit trade deal with EU
Labour pledges on water and telecoms trigger pre-emptive defensive moves and talks with lawyers
The real worry is what happens afterwards
Manifesto condemned by business leaders and economists who claim it would hobble UK economy
Jeremy Corbyn’s hard-left programme will wreck the UK economy
British Gas owner is gaining more customers than it is losing, and they’re worth more
From Clive Anderson, London W14, UK
The move would leave an enormous hole in BT’s pension fund
Labour plans for a nationalised broadband network are misguided
Share price moves limited by belief opposition will not gain majority
Broadband joins utilities, mail and PFI as targets and points of potential conflict
Conservatives should worry that Corbyn is winning the argument
Troubled franchise ‘simply has to change’, says transport secretary
Investors seeking compensation could bring lawsuits under bilateral treaties
Foreign investors look elsewhere to place bets after Labour shows its nationalisation card
Final bids for Electricity North West were due in June but process hit by nationalisation plan
Some water groups’ shares have rallied as voter preferences fall for opposition party
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