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    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Camilla Cavendish
      Train strike chaos is a true nightmare before Christmas

      We live in an age of extraordinary human endeavours, but it seems impossible to run eight carriages along a fixed line

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Cat Rutter Pooley
      Why private sector strikes are not all about the money

      Disputes at Royal Mail and the railways will not be solved with pay rises alone

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      Cat Rutter Pooley
      UK’s washed-up water watchdog is part of a bigger problem

      Ofwat’s shortcomings are a sign of Britain’s wider economic regulation failings

    • Sunday, 28 August, 2022
      InterviewUK energy
      Utilities and regulators ‘not fit for purpose’, says UK government ex-adviser

      Dieter Helm attacks privatisation model and says energy and water ‘too essential to be treated like any other commodity’

    • Friday, 29 July, 2022
      Cat Rutter Pooley
      It’s still politics that rules our privatised companies

      At Centrica, BT and Royal Mail, soaring inflation and flagging wages spell tension between stakeholders and shareholders

    • Monday, 4 July, 2022
      ReviewEconomics books
      British Rail: A New History — a timely reminder of how to run a railway

      Christian Wolmar’s examination of nationalisation reveals that in the 1980s and 1990s the system was making progress

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Christian Wolmar
      No one is in charge of Britain’s chaotic railways

      Since the privatisation and break-up of British Rail, train transport has proved itself ill-suited to conventional capitalism

    • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
      Channel Four Television Corp
      Channel 4 pushes back against privatisation

      UK broadcaster says there are many ‘stages to go in ownership discussions’ after announcing record results

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      Cat Rutter Pooley
      Lessons for Channel 4 from Royal Mail’s privatisation

      Pros and cons of the government’s proposal to end public ownership of broadcaster

    • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
      Channel Four Television Corp
      Documents reveal Channel 4’s failed bid to head off privatisation

      Broadcaster’s plan to access private capital using hybrid model rejected by UK culture secretary

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Channel Four Television Corp
      Channel 4 to be sold off by government for up to £1bn

      Ministers maintain public ownership is holding back UK broadcaster but channel expresses disappointment

    • Monday, 28 March, 2022
      LexNatWest Group
      NatWest: notching up milestones at taxpayers’ expense Premium content

      Public continues to shoulder costs as government sells shares at half the price it paid in 2008

    • Monday, 7 February, 2022
      Guy Hands/MoD: Terra Firma caught in quicksand of ministerial regret Premium content

      UK government’s move to unwind Annington Homes deal appears to be seller’s remorse

    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
      Annington Homes offers £105mn to settle MoD housing estates claim

      Guy Hands’ company threatens legal action if UK government fails to drop its litigation

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      UK seeks to unwind £7.6bn housing deal with Guy Hands’ Annington Homes

      Ministry of Defence wants to take back ownership of tens of thousands of properties sold off in 1996

    • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
      NatWest Group
      UK government to cut size of £12bn stake in NatWest

      Morgan Stanley to manage 12-month sale process

    • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
      Louise Lucas
      UK’s new model railway is likely to serve the public poorly

      Latest revamp of network offers simpler system but contains questionable forecasts

    • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      A rational new model for Britain’s railways

      Recentralisation, rather than renationalisation, is the right approach

    • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
      Utilities
      UK water groups pour £26m down the drain in dispute with regulator

      Suppliers say review process is too complex and an unnecessary expense that is passed on to customers

    • Wednesday, 17 June, 2020
      Stagecoach Group PLC
      Stagecoach loses challenge against rail bid ban

      High Court rules transport group’s non-compliance on pension risk merited disqualification

    • Sunday, 7 June, 2020
      UK outsourcing
      Outsourcers to manage two new prisons in England

      Move comes despite renationalisation of the probation service

    • Tuesday, 28 January, 2020
      Lex
      Air India/state sell-offs: Thatch unmatched  Premium content

      Privatisation without deregulation is like a teapot with no tea

    • Friday, 17 January, 2020
      Carillion PLC
      Bill for pair of Carillion hospital projects doubles

      Failed outsourcer’s work on Liverpool and Birmingham hospitals running years behind schedule

    • Monday, 6 January, 2020
      ReviewBooks
      A Regulator’s Sign Off: Changing the Taps in Britain, by Ian Byatt

      The former Ofwat chief delivers a pointed critique of the industry

    • Tuesday, 17 December, 2019
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Britain’s water industry must turn the tide

      The country’s utilities need to make the case for private ownership

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