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Privatisation revisited

A debate has intensified in the UK over the past two years about the merits of allowing private companies to run essential utilities that seem like natural monopolies. The country that was the global frontrunner in privatisation is rethinking how to run its public services

Returning the UK’s privatised services to the public
Labour’s plan for renationalisation is popular but how costly — and effective — would it be?
Video: Why did the UK sell off the railways?
Miranda Green tracks down the politicians who privatised Britain's railways, and speaks to key supporters of Jeremy Corbyn's plan for re-nationalisation
Merits of privatisation need to be restated
Private provision of public services cannot survive on dogma alone
PFI: hard lessons on growing cost of public-private deals
The contracts that were meant to build schools and hospitals on a budget
Rail: frustration grows with Britain’s fragmented network
Privatisation was meant to deliver competition, innovation and improved service, but has it delivered?
Pioneering Britain has a rethink on privatisation
Once a leader in selling off utilities, many in UK now think investors have run rings around regulators

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