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Posts Tagged: Water industry

Will Green: I’m a Labour supporter – but here’s why I believe that Universal Basic Income wouldn’t work

Effectively, for much of the population, UBI would merely take their money and then give it back to them. What’s the point?

By Will Green | 30 March 2020 | 72 comments

Rebecca Newsom: Are Gove’s green words taking root?

This second piece in our mini-series assessing his performance at DEFRA argues that he has taken a few strong first steps – but that real results are needed.

By Rebecca Newsom | 13 June 2018 | 32 comments

James Frayne: The most effective case against nationalisation is the one that neither MPs nor businesses want to use

The injection of the truth that it would mean politicians in charge of services is enough to make most people see sense.

By James Frayne | 15 May 2018 | 55 comments

Chris Grayling: We must never forget how badly nationalisation failed key public services

The Government must always stand up to businesses’ excesses, without losing sight of the huge benefits that partnerships have brought.

By Chris Grayling MP | 17 January 2018 | 75 comments

Richard Benyon: Water privatisation has been a triumph, and we need to say so

If we can win the argument for well-regulated, competitive provision of essential services in this sector, we can win it elsewhere.

By Richard Benyon MP | 16 November 2017 | 34 comments

Iain Dale: My advice to my latest successor as Davis’s Chief of Staff

Plus: As I bask by a sun-illuminated swimming pool on holiday in Spain, I reflect on how the Spanish respond if you try to fiddle your water supply…

By Iain Dale | 28 July 2017 | 93 comments

Nicky Morgan: If you see him, tell Jeremy – we don’t want to go back to the 1970s

My local experience as a constituency MP has been a reminder of how nationalisation failed and privatisation works.

By Nicky Morgan MP | 22 May 2017 | 37 comments

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