public ownership

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“Without creating a genuinely level playing field, public ownership risks becoming a holding position rather than restoring competitiveness,” Sawicz says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Rail services in Wales were nationalised in 2021 and Scotland took trains into public ownership the following year.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

"In the short term, it needs to come into public ownership so that the business can make its own decisions about its future. And that future may well involve new investors or new owners."

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

WMT, which ran both the West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway brands, said it was committed to "ensuring a smooth transition" to public ownership.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

“Say, boy, what do you think of public ownership? Do you think the government ought to build houses for people to live in?”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright