Common Wealth
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We design ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy.
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“It is very easy to forget that society has massively changed in the past, and it can massively change again.”
The dual crises of climate breakdown and the growing unaffordability of essentials require a new approach.
We must plan for our future.
This is how.
The dual crises of climate breakdown and the growing unaffordability of essentials require a new approach.
We must plan for our future.
This is how.
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“It is very easy to forget that society has massively changed in the past, and it can massively change again.”
The dual crises of climate breakdown and the growing unaffordability of essentials require a new approach.
We must plan for our future.
This is how.
The dual crises of climate breakdown and the growing unaffordability of essentials require a new approach.
We must plan for our future.
This is how.
🚨 Today, Common Wealth launches the Green Planning Commission.
A major new initiative to tackle the twin crises of our era: climate breakdown & the affordability crisis.
To meet these challenges, we need a new era of democratic planning.
🧵
https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
A major new initiative to tackle the twin crises of our era: climate breakdown & the affordability crisis.
To meet these challenges, we need a new era of democratic planning.
🧵
https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🚨 Today, Common Wealth launches the Green Planning Commission.
A major new initiative to tackle the twin crises of our era: climate breakdown & the affordability crisis.
To meet these challenges, we need a new era of democratic planning.
🧵
https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
A major new initiative to tackle the twin crises of our era: climate breakdown & the affordability crisis.
To meet these challenges, we need a new era of democratic planning.
🧵
https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission
🚨 TOMORROW
Join us at The October Gallery in London as we launch the Green Planning Commission, a transatlantic initiative building a new era of democratic planning and recovering a democratic and decarbonised future from the crises of our age.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
Join us at The October Gallery in London as we launch the Green Planning Commission, a transatlantic initiative building a new era of democratic planning and recovering a democratic and decarbonised future from the crises of our age.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
October 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🚨 TOMORROW
Join us at The October Gallery in London as we launch the Green Planning Commission, a transatlantic initiative building a new era of democratic planning and recovering a democratic and decarbonised future from the crises of our age.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
Join us at The October Gallery in London as we launch the Green Planning Commission, a transatlantic initiative building a new era of democratic planning and recovering a democratic and decarbonised future from the crises of our age.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
🎉 Join us in London to launch the Green Planning Commission — rethinking the politics & practice of planning for a democratic & decarbonised future
🎙️ Carolina Alves, @brusselermel.bsky.social, Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🪑 Sarah Nankivell
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
🎙️ Carolina Alves, @brusselermel.bsky.social, Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🪑 Sarah Nankivell
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🎉 Join us in London to launch the Green Planning Commission — rethinking the politics & practice of planning for a democratic & decarbonised future
🎙️ Carolina Alves, @brusselermel.bsky.social, Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🪑 Sarah Nankivell
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
🎙️ Carolina Alves, @brusselermel.bsky.social, Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social
🪑 Sarah Nankivell
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...
Are side hustles bad for you?
Amelia Horgan spoke to BBC Radio 5 on the problem with side hustles and the reasons we need them in the first place.
Amelia Horgan spoke to BBC Radio 5 on the problem with side hustles and the reasons we need them in the first place.
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Are side hustles bad for you?
Amelia Horgan spoke to BBC Radio 5 on the problem with side hustles and the reasons we need them in the first place.
Amelia Horgan spoke to BBC Radio 5 on the problem with side hustles and the reasons we need them in the first place.
We used to build things.
Why did we stop?
It might not be for the reason you think.
Why did we stop?
It might not be for the reason you think.
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We used to build things.
Why did we stop?
It might not be for the reason you think.
Why did we stop?
It might not be for the reason you think.
The Renters’ Rights Bill could soon become law.
Unfortunately, it does almost nothing to address sky-high rents that people just can’t afford.
But there is a solution the Government has barely considered: rent controls.
Common-sense, effective and popular.
Unfortunately, it does almost nothing to address sky-high rents that people just can’t afford.
But there is a solution the Government has barely considered: rent controls.
Common-sense, effective and popular.
October 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Renters’ Rights Bill could soon become law.
Unfortunately, it does almost nothing to address sky-high rents that people just can’t afford.
But there is a solution the Government has barely considered: rent controls.
Common-sense, effective and popular.
Unfortunately, it does almost nothing to address sky-high rents that people just can’t afford.
But there is a solution the Government has barely considered: rent controls.
Common-sense, effective and popular.
“Capital is moving across borders, so our solidarity has to as well.”
Our Senior Research Fellow Eleanor Shearer at The World Transformed speaking on a panel today on what reparative justice means in this moment.
Our Senior Research Fellow Eleanor Shearer at The World Transformed speaking on a panel today on what reparative justice means in this moment.
October 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“Capital is moving across borders, so our solidarity has to as well.”
Our Senior Research Fellow Eleanor Shearer at The World Transformed speaking on a panel today on what reparative justice means in this moment.
Our Senior Research Fellow Eleanor Shearer at The World Transformed speaking on a panel today on what reparative justice means in this moment.
Join us at The World Transformed 2025! 🎉
We’ll be joining The World Transformed as a partner organisation, and two members of the Common Wealth team will be speaking on the following panels. 👇
We’ll be joining The World Transformed as a partner organisation, and two members of the Common Wealth team will be speaking on the following panels. 👇
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Join us at The World Transformed 2025! 🎉
We’ll be joining The World Transformed as a partner organisation, and two members of the Common Wealth team will be speaking on the following panels. 👇
We’ll be joining The World Transformed as a partner organisation, and two members of the Common Wealth team will be speaking on the following panels. 👇
Do you ever get the feeling that nothing seems to work anymore?
Bills go up. Services get worse. Basics are luxuries. How did we get here?
🧵 Our new project explores the experiment that transformed Britain.
Bills go up. Services get worse. Basics are luxuries. How did we get here?
🧵 Our new project explores the experiment that transformed Britain.
October 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Do you ever get the feeling that nothing seems to work anymore?
Bills go up. Services get worse. Basics are luxuries. How did we get here?
🧵 Our new project explores the experiment that transformed Britain.
Bills go up. Services get worse. Basics are luxuries. How did we get here?
🧵 Our new project explores the experiment that transformed Britain.
@theguardian.com reports that millions of households could face “even bigger water bill increases than originally expected.”
Why should our bills go up *again*, when over the last five years, water company profit margins were 27% higher than the FTSE 350?
Why should our bills go up *again*, when over the last five years, water company profit margins were 27% higher than the FTSE 350?
October 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
@theguardian.com reports that millions of households could face “even bigger water bill increases than originally expected.”
Why should our bills go up *again*, when over the last five years, water company profit margins were 27% higher than the FTSE 350?
Why should our bills go up *again*, when over the last five years, water company profit margins were 27% higher than the FTSE 350?
Since privatisation these networks have systemically underspent on maintenance relative to the amount Ofgem allows them to charge.
Incidents like substation fires have increased, while companies have been allowed to pocket a portion of this underspend as profit.
Incidents like substation fires have increased, while companies have been allowed to pocket a portion of this underspend as profit.
October 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Since privatisation these networks have systemically underspent on maintenance relative to the amount Ofgem allows them to charge.
Incidents like substation fires have increased, while companies have been allowed to pocket a portion of this underspend as profit.
Incidents like substation fires have increased, while companies have been allowed to pocket a portion of this underspend as profit.
It’s all down to a radical experiment: privatisation.
Our energy sector used to be in public hands.
But now, it’s owned by asset manager giants. Investment firms. Foreign governments.
There are few countries with an energy sector as deeply privatised as the UK.
Our energy sector used to be in public hands.
But now, it’s owned by asset manager giants. Investment firms. Foreign governments.
There are few countries with an energy sector as deeply privatised as the UK.
October 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It’s all down to a radical experiment: privatisation.
Our energy sector used to be in public hands.
But now, it’s owned by asset manager giants. Investment firms. Foreign governments.
There are few countries with an energy sector as deeply privatised as the UK.
Our energy sector used to be in public hands.
But now, it’s owned by asset manager giants. Investment firms. Foreign governments.
There are few countries with an energy sector as deeply privatised as the UK.
Today, the energy price cap set by Ofgem goes up yet again.
¼ of your bill was taken as profit by energy companies in 2024 — an average of £416 per household.
Families are squeezed to pad the pockets of shareholders.
🧵 Here’s how the public has been turned into a cash machine.
¼ of your bill was taken as profit by energy companies in 2024 — an average of £416 per household.
Families are squeezed to pad the pockets of shareholders.
🧵 Here’s how the public has been turned into a cash machine.
October 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Today, the energy price cap set by Ofgem goes up yet again.
¼ of your bill was taken as profit by energy companies in 2024 — an average of £416 per household.
Families are squeezed to pad the pockets of shareholders.
🧵 Here’s how the public has been turned into a cash machine.
¼ of your bill was taken as profit by energy companies in 2024 — an average of £416 per household.
Families are squeezed to pad the pockets of shareholders.
🧵 Here’s how the public has been turned into a cash machine.
“There’s no doubt that without decent bus services you get loneliness & social exclusion, so the impact is quite severe.”
We estimate that since the pandemic, buses in Shropshire alone have been cut by 60%.
Findings from our new project — Who Owns Britain? — on BBC Radio 4 🔈👇
We estimate that since the pandemic, buses in Shropshire alone have been cut by 60%.
Findings from our new project — Who Owns Britain? — on BBC Radio 4 🔈👇
September 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“There’s no doubt that without decent bus services you get loneliness & social exclusion, so the impact is quite severe.”
We estimate that since the pandemic, buses in Shropshire alone have been cut by 60%.
Findings from our new project — Who Owns Britain? — on BBC Radio 4 🔈👇
We estimate that since the pandemic, buses in Shropshire alone have been cut by 60%.
Findings from our new project — Who Owns Britain? — on BBC Radio 4 🔈👇
With Labour losing support across post-industrial England, it cannot afford to stick to the status quo.
People in former mining & manufacturing towns are experiencing a loss of shared spaces, lack of opportunity and reduced access to care — many are fed up with the Government.
People in former mining & manufacturing towns are experiencing a loss of shared spaces, lack of opportunity and reduced access to care — many are fed up with the Government.
September 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
With Labour losing support across post-industrial England, it cannot afford to stick to the status quo.
People in former mining & manufacturing towns are experiencing a loss of shared spaces, lack of opportunity and reduced access to care — many are fed up with the Government.
People in former mining & manufacturing towns are experiencing a loss of shared spaces, lack of opportunity and reduced access to care — many are fed up with the Government.
🚨 Join us at the Labour Party Conference!
We’ll be hosting a panel & drinks reception, exploring insights from our new project — Who Owns Britain? — where we investigate who owns our essential services & how we can rebuild the country.
RSVP 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/who-owns-b...
We’ll be hosting a panel & drinks reception, exploring insights from our new project — Who Owns Britain? — where we investigate who owns our essential services & how we can rebuild the country.
RSVP 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/who-owns-b...
September 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🚨 Join us at the Labour Party Conference!
We’ll be hosting a panel & drinks reception, exploring insights from our new project — Who Owns Britain? — where we investigate who owns our essential services & how we can rebuild the country.
RSVP 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/who-owns-b...
We’ll be hosting a panel & drinks reception, exploring insights from our new project — Who Owns Britain? — where we investigate who owns our essential services & how we can rebuild the country.
RSVP 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/who-owns-b...
Bus fares have increased by two thirds since the 1980s. Rail fares have gone up by over a third.
Britain’s train prices are 3.4x more expensive than those in France. Sacré bleu! (4/11)
Britain’s train prices are 3.4x more expensive than those in France. Sacré bleu! (4/11)
September 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Bus fares have increased by two thirds since the 1980s. Rail fares have gone up by over a third.
Britain’s train prices are 3.4x more expensive than those in France. Sacré bleu! (4/11)
Britain’s train prices are 3.4x more expensive than those in France. Sacré bleu! (4/11)
One in five bus services across Britain have been cut since 2019.
This includes one in three bus routes in Wales. In some local authorities, it’s even worse — Shropshire for example has suffered a 60% decline in bus kilometre travel. (3/11)
This includes one in three bus routes in Wales. In some local authorities, it’s even worse — Shropshire for example has suffered a 60% decline in bus kilometre travel. (3/11)
September 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
One in five bus services across Britain have been cut since 2019.
This includes one in three bus routes in Wales. In some local authorities, it’s even worse — Shropshire for example has suffered a 60% decline in bus kilometre travel. (3/11)
This includes one in three bus routes in Wales. In some local authorities, it’s even worse — Shropshire for example has suffered a 60% decline in bus kilometre travel. (3/11)
Every time you board a bus, or catch a train, you’re caught in a web of private ownership.
“Public” transport is not public.
Why does transport cost more while our services get worse?
🧵 Let’s look at the facts. (1/11)
“Public” transport is not public.
Why does transport cost more while our services get worse?
🧵 Let’s look at the facts. (1/11)
September 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Every time you board a bus, or catch a train, you’re caught in a web of private ownership.
“Public” transport is not public.
Why does transport cost more while our services get worse?
🧵 Let’s look at the facts. (1/11)
“Public” transport is not public.
Why does transport cost more while our services get worse?
🧵 Let’s look at the facts. (1/11)
📚 BOOK TALK: England’s Military Heartland
🎙️ Khem Rogaly, Saskia Papadakis, Antonia Dawes & Rachael Milliner
⏰ 7.00PM — 8.30PM
🗓️ Weds 24 Sept
📍 @housmansbookshop.bsky.social, 5 Caledonian Rd, London N1 9DX
🔗 Sign up for a ticket now!
housmans.com/event/book-t...
🎙️ Khem Rogaly, Saskia Papadakis, Antonia Dawes & Rachael Milliner
⏰ 7.00PM — 8.30PM
🗓️ Weds 24 Sept
📍 @housmansbookshop.bsky.social, 5 Caledonian Rd, London N1 9DX
🔗 Sign up for a ticket now!
housmans.com/event/book-t...
September 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
📚 BOOK TALK: England’s Military Heartland
🎙️ Khem Rogaly, Saskia Papadakis, Antonia Dawes & Rachael Milliner
⏰ 7.00PM — 8.30PM
🗓️ Weds 24 Sept
📍 @housmansbookshop.bsky.social, 5 Caledonian Rd, London N1 9DX
🔗 Sign up for a ticket now!
housmans.com/event/book-t...
🎙️ Khem Rogaly, Saskia Papadakis, Antonia Dawes & Rachael Milliner
⏰ 7.00PM — 8.30PM
🗓️ Weds 24 Sept
📍 @housmansbookshop.bsky.social, 5 Caledonian Rd, London N1 9DX
🔗 Sign up for a ticket now!
housmans.com/event/book-t...
An Alternative Vision 🌱
We all deserve a decent life. That starts with high quality and affordable essentials.
Public ownership can help deliver that, putting the public first.
Energy, water, care — run by and for the public.
Affordable homes and public transport.
We all deserve a decent life. That starts with high quality and affordable essentials.
Public ownership can help deliver that, putting the public first.
Energy, water, care — run by and for the public.
Affordable homes and public transport.
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
An Alternative Vision 🌱
We all deserve a decent life. That starts with high quality and affordable essentials.
Public ownership can help deliver that, putting the public first.
Energy, water, care — run by and for the public.
Affordable homes and public transport.
We all deserve a decent life. That starts with high quality and affordable essentials.
Public ownership can help deliver that, putting the public first.
Energy, water, care — run by and for the public.
Affordable homes and public transport.
All across Britain, families like the Williams are struggling due to the privatisation premium: paying more for less, while investors profit.
To end the cost of living crisis, we need to stop the rip-off.
To end the cost of living crisis, we need to stop the rip-off.
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
All across Britain, families like the Williams are struggling due to the privatisation premium: paying more for less, while investors profit.
To end the cost of living crisis, we need to stop the rip-off.
To end the cost of living crisis, we need to stop the rip-off.
Who profits? 💰
Bus firms paid shareholders £1.5bn in dividends between 2009-19, while fares skyrocketed.
Energy giants made at least £17.8bn in operating profits in 2023.
70% of group-based day nursery places in England were run for-profit in 2021.
Bus firms paid shareholders £1.5bn in dividends between 2009-19, while fares skyrocketed.
Energy giants made at least £17.8bn in operating profits in 2023.
70% of group-based day nursery places in England were run for-profit in 2021.
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Who profits? 💰
Bus firms paid shareholders £1.5bn in dividends between 2009-19, while fares skyrocketed.
Energy giants made at least £17.8bn in operating profits in 2023.
70% of group-based day nursery places in England were run for-profit in 2021.
Bus firms paid shareholders £1.5bn in dividends between 2009-19, while fares skyrocketed.
Energy giants made at least £17.8bn in operating profits in 2023.
70% of group-based day nursery places in England were run for-profit in 2021.