Andy Burnham talks about ‘public control’ of the utilities but it’s a minefield. We can lead him through it | Will Hutton and Andy Haldane

Source: Guardian Money 3 hours ago

Nationalisation is not the ultimate answer for companies like Thames Water – but they could be run for the public benefit

Will Hutton is a journalist and political economist. Andy Haldane is a former chief economist of the Bank of England

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2026/sep/25/andy-burnham-utilities-public-ownership-nationalisation-thames-water

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