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'Privatisation has failed' – will rail nationalisation make a difference? Yes, but not on its own

All aboard for cheaper, better UK railways! Labour's nationalising the train biz

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Water companies paid shareholders £377 for every hour they pumped sewage into seas, study finds

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'Privatisation has failed' – will rail nationalisation make a difference? Yes, but not on its own

Water companies paid shareholders £377 for every hour they pumped sewage into seas, study finds

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