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After 40 years, privatisation of our public services has failed. It's time for public ownership. We use it, we pay for it, We Own It.

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Tell Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout before Thursday 29th October. Remove the licence, TAKE IT BACK @@andyburnham. Sign the petition: vist.ly/5p395
Andy Burnham, block the Thames Water bailout

Andy Burnham, block the Thames Water bailout

Enough is enough. We are sick and tired of Thames Water tumbling from crisis to crisis.

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Nearly 80% of those with a view say government should CAP OR END profits in children’s social care Our @Survation polling in @cypnow 👇 We hope @UKHouseofLords inquiry will push England to follow Wales, stop vulnerable children being a source of profit cypnow.co.uk/content/news/ca…
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Chancellor says "when the storms pass" #Budget2026 But they won't pass, either economically or literally, without PUBLIC OWNERSHIP of energy 🌬️☀️🌊Giant scale direct investment in *publicly owned* generation ⚡️🔥Taking back grid companies 💡A publicly owned retail company
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Chancellor John Healey says the government is spending more on the NHS #Budget2026 But an average of *2,300 patients a day* are subjected to “corridor care” stuck on trolleys 👇 🏥FUND THE NHS - beds, staff 🏥END WASTEFUL PRIVATISATION @keepnhspublic lowdownnhs.info/emergency-ca…
Burnham and Healey extinguish NHS funding hopes - The Lowdown

Burnham and Healey extinguish NHS funding hopes - The Lowdown

According to the Times, a joint letter from the Prime Minister and his Chancellor to Health Secretary Yvette Cooper confirms there will be little relief from the current funding crisis, even as...

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Chancellor John Healey could deliver on Burnham's promise to roll back privatisation Privatisation wastes OUR money - where is this in #Budget2026 ? Say NO to bill rises, force investment in services, let companies go bust and take them over 💧💡📮 weownit.org.uk/research-and-…
How and why Andy Burnham should deliver public ownership

How and why Andy Burnham should deliver public ownership

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This brilliant article from @DowningAm @LRB is well worth a read ahead of the #Budget2026 "Britain has private ownership while making the state responsible for planning via subsidies. The result is a zombie system" PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n17/…
Arthur Downing · Asset Sweating: Britain’s Energy Crisis

Arthur Downing · Asset Sweating: Britain’s Energy Crisis

Britain has private ownership while making the state responsible for planning via subsidies. The result is a zombie...

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In 24 hours Thames Water's creditors will decide whether to award it another bailout of £2.4 billion. Sign our petition before tomorrow and get Andy Burnham to block the bailout. 👉vist.ly/5qb9t👈
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DOWNGRADE ⬇️ "The CCC− rating places Thames Water deep into speculative-grade territory, indicating substantial credit risk" Come on @andyburnham YOU can slash the debt so households 🏡 don't have to pay for it REMOVE THAMES WATER'S LICENCE watermagazine.co.uk/2026/10/…
S&P downgrades Thames Water further as restructuring talks continue - Water Magazine

S&P downgrades Thames Water further as restructuring talks continue - Water Magazine

S&P downgrades Thames Water to CCC− as the company seeks £2.4bn in additional emergency funding and continues restructuring talks.

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Tomorrow Thames Water creditors plan to approve £2.4 billion bailout at expense of households Today the Chancellor will promise "breathing space" #Budget2026 That should mean NO water bill rises NO bailout for Thames Water Let them run out of cash, take them back @andyburnham
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Write to your MP TODAY. Join @CHinchliffMP and demand that proposed England water bill hikes are blocked. 💩They made the mess - why should we pay to clear it up? vist.ly/5qb4g
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How can @andyburnham take back Thames Water? Easy 1) Stop creditors approving *another* bailout on Thursday 29th by removing its licence - 2 DAYS TO GO 2) ZERO COMPENSATION for shareholders 3) SLASH THE DEBT (part of special admin process) Then transfer to PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
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Water companies want ANOTHER price hike on your water bills. They want you to take the 💩hit for their chronic, catastrophic performance. Write to your MP - demand that the Chancellor blocks any more bill hikes. 🚨But don't put it off - the deadline is this Thursday. vist.ly/5q7jd
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"It's time for this government to show some energy and some bravery and put the water companies into special administration - and then, of course, into public ownership". 💯@GreenJennyJones. It's time to end the rip-off and take private water companies in England back into public hands.
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25,000 people have signed our petition calling for Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout. Add your name today. 👉weownit.org.uk/StopTheBailou…👈
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Water companies want to push up bills even further. AND Thames Water wants an excruciatingly expensive £2.4 billion bailout. No more water company failures at our expense. Let them go bust! ✍️Take 2 mins to email your MP and ask them to urge the Chancellor ahead of the budget: stop the bill hikes and bring Thames Water into special administration! vist.ly/5p22w
Email your MP - block the bill hikes at the Autumn Budget

Email your MP - block the bill hikes at the Autumn Budget

Tell Chancellor JOhn Healey - block the water bill hikes and bring Thames Water into special administration at the Autumn Budget

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Privatisation has failed This Thursday 29th Oct shady Thames Water execs will meet dodgy US hedge funds to agree a £2.4 BILLION bailout that *households will pay for through increased bills* @andyburnham has 3 DAYS to step in and STOP THE BAILOUT, take back Thames Water
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Thames Water spent £2bn on fees in 18 months to stay private. Now it's asking its creditors for £2.4bn more. But it's customers who will pay the price via their water bills. If the deal goes ahead the average Thames Water bill will have risen from £488 to £672 while Labour has been in government. vist.ly/5pzts
UK government to make unprecedented intervention in setting of water bills

UK government to make unprecedented intervention in setting of water bills

Exclusive: Angela Eagle tells utility bosses next price review ‘must focus on value for money for customers’

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📢Deadline to respond to the @UKHouseofLords inquiry into children's social care is 23.59 tonight - link below 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Wales is phasing out profits 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland capping profits on homes, removing profits from foster care England should follow their example weownit.org.uk/news/nearly-8…
Nearly 80% of those with a view say government should cap or end profits in children’s social care

Nearly 80% of those with a view say government should cap or end profits in children’s social care

New polling shows that nearly 80% of those with a view say government should cap or end profits in children’s social care.

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Sign the petition: weownit.org.uk/StopTheBailou… 4 DAYS TO GO! We have until Thursday 29th Oct to get Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout and bring it into public ownership
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