UK water industry faces threat of nationalisation
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Yahoo! Sport has quoted IEA’s Editorial and Research Fellow, Professor Len Shackleton in their piece covering the possibility of renationalising the UK’s water industry.
Yahoo! Sport quoted:
“Would nationalisation — itself a long-drawn-out and costly process — produce any improvement over better regulation of the private sector?”
“Sure, costs would be reduced were no dividends paid. But government borrowing still has a cost… Yes, water is a mess. But don’t suppose nationalisation is a panacea”
You can read the full piece here.
Yahoo! Sport quoted:
“Would nationalisation — itself a long-drawn-out and costly process — produce any improvement over better regulation of the private sector?”
“Sure, costs would be reduced were no dividends paid. But government borrowing still has a cost… Yes, water is a mess. But don’t suppose nationalisation is a panacea”
You can read the full piece here.
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