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3/4 The figure is based on the Regulatory Capital Value (RCV) - a made up number that doesn’t reflect what these companies would fetch on the open market.
Thames Water's RCV is £20bn, yet KKR wouldn't even buy it for £4bn.
More here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water's RCV is £20bn, yet KKR wouldn't even buy it for £4bn.
More here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
A fair price to the public for water nationalisation | Letter
Letter: The government is wrong on the cost of bringing water back into public ownership, write Prof Becky Malby, Dr Kate Bayliss, Prof Frances Cleaver and Prof Ewan McGaughey
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August 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
3/4 The figure is based on the Regulatory Capital Value (RCV) - a made up number that doesn’t reflect what these companies would fetch on the open market.
Thames Water's RCV is £20bn, yet KKR wouldn't even buy it for £4bn.
More here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water's RCV is £20bn, yet KKR wouldn't even buy it for £4bn.
More here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Worse than that Freeport’s will pave the way for Blackrock to privatise Britain. Even if GDP grows the ordinary person will be worse off www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour is putting its plans for Britain in the hands of private finance. It could end badly | Daniela Gabor
Handing vital infrastructure to big finance will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan, says Daniela Gabor, a professor of economics and macrofinan...
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April 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Worse than that Freeport’s will pave the way for Blackrock to privatise Britain. Even if GDP grows the ordinary person will be worse off www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have signed the petition although I have little hope it will make a difference. However I don’t understand why you aren’t talking about why Starmer won’t support rejoining the EU. Surely it has to do with the Freeports and SEZs which contravene EU state aid laws. We have to talk openly about this
April 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I have signed the petition although I have little hope it will make a difference. However I don’t understand why you aren’t talking about why Starmer won’t support rejoining the EU. Surely it has to do with the Freeports and SEZs which contravene EU state aid laws. We have to talk openly about this
« Freeports and SEZs are the endgame of a 45-year class war. Starmer can't rejoin the EU as Catherine Barnard a professor in European Law, as said they contravene state aid laws»
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The Great Freeport Con: How Britain’s SEZ Obsession Became a Graveyard of Failure
From Thatcher to Starmer, a 45-year timeline of broken promises, corporate handouts, and economic snake oil—all sold as “progress.”
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April 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
« Freeports and SEZs are the endgame of a 45-year class war. Starmer can't rejoin the EU as Catherine Barnard a professor in European Law, as said they contravene state aid laws»
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Starmer will only continue to maintain his stubborn red lines on rejoining the EU, while totally capitulating to Trump's demands. Trump will continue to pressure the UK to maintain its independence from the EU economically, as he wants a one-sided trade deal >
April 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Starmer will only continue to maintain his stubborn red lines on rejoining the EU, while totally capitulating to Trump's demands. Trump will continue to pressure the UK to maintain its independence from the EU economically, as he wants a one-sided trade deal >