Tag: Nationalisation
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Andrew Woodhouse: Power Failure – Electricity Nationalisation and The Erosion of the Public Corporation’s “Three Freedoms” (1947-1967)
This post is part of a series on ‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’. The other posts in the series will be available here. In 1966, as England won their last men’s football World Cup, the Observer noted that the win would offer some relief from the “economic gloom” pervading the country. Public sector wages were frozen,…
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Erin Ferguson: Bringing Back the State: Labour’s Plans for (Re)Nationalisation*
The King’s Speech on 17 July outlined the newly elected Labour government’s plans for the United Kingdom, including 39 Bills that it intends to introduce in this parliamentary session. Among these are included ambitious plans for the re-nationalisation of passenger railway services, the establishment of a publicly owned clean power company, and special measures to…