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

Once in public ownership, these shops would be leased to small businesses at rates deemed affordable by the council, the party says.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The legislation needed to establish the new body is still due to go through parliament, but some services have already been transferred into public ownership as franchises held by private companies start to expire.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

Ministers have been allowed to take rail companies back into public ownership when their existing contracts expired.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025

“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