Exclusive: former transport minister criticises party’s direction and calls on Starmer to focus on issues like taxation and welfare reform
The majority of Britons are sick of privatisation and value public ownership. Labour must offer a radical alternative, writes Guardian columnist Owen Jones
A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank
New PM promises ‘patient work and serious solutions’ to restore trust in British politics
Letters: Bill Kingdom on the two halves of the water privatisation story, and Chris Bolt on Ofwat’s water price review
The formation of a company solely dedicated to providing cheap, clean water is the best way out of this debacle
Our experts previously revealed what pledges they wanted to see from Keir Starmer in The manifesto Britain needs. Are they impressed by the real thing?
Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more
Exclusive: experts’ report says public ownership would mean cheaper bills, less pollution and more investment
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander hails ‘cultural reset’ – although first South Western Railway service included rail replacement bus
Unions describe Porterbrook’s figures, despite downturn in wider rail industry’s revenues, as ‘shocking but unsurprising’
Debt-ridden utility company warns of ‘material uncertainty’ despite seeing profits rise to more than £400m
If fares don’t fall and services don’t improve, it could undermine the case for public ownership for a long time to come, says Sarah Nankivell of Common Wealth
In today’s newsletter: Decades after the great privatisation experiment, voters are questioning who utilities really serve, and Labour’s cautious approach is wearing thin
Train operator will become 11th national service returned to public ownership since Labour was elected in 2024
Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism project is still a work in progress. But the future of centre-left politics in Britain may rely on its promise of ‘rolling back the 80s’, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman