Cat Hobbs

UK economy being 'sabotaged' by lack of state investment, warns Paul Sweeney MSP - LabourList Labour must embrace investment in critical infrastructure as a tool to defeat Reform UK, Paul Sweeney MSP has warned.

🔥“Oligarch enterprises have taken control of so much of the key industrial infrastructure of this country.”

@paulsweeney.bsky.social nailing it at our joint Labour Conference panel event with @labourlist.bsky.social. #lab25

I have committed to keeping our NHS publicly owned and publicly funded.

Private finance is not welcome in our NHS, and must be ruled out at the Autumn Budget this November. @weownit.org.uk

"Decency demands that Ofwat and the Government don’t allow themselves to be pushed around by a bunch of opportunistic hedge funds"

Ofwat must say NO to more sewage and setting a dangerous precedent

Excellent article on Thames Water in the Telegraph

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

Private companies incentivised to put asylum seekers in hotels rather than bedsits as they could earn EIGHT TIMES as much profit, says @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social

Hotel owners and private companies benefiting despite allegations of terrible conditions

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat

In December, Ofwat approved average bills going up 36% by 2030 - that's £597 a year.

🤑But for the water companies, that's not enough! Shareholders want more of your money, so they're appealing for even bigger bill increases.

END THE SCAM. Public ownership of water, starting with Thames Water.

Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat

Are they actually joking ⁉️

5 private water companies want permission to raise your bills EVEN HIGHER

💧Bills already went up £10/month in April💧

There is no market, the rip off won't end until we end privatisation

Start by taking back Thames Water

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

The railways deliver £26 billion per year in wider economic, social and environmental benefits

The rail sector supports 640,400 rail-related UK jobs

The UK railway sector adds £41.2 billion to the UK economy per year and is associated with £14.2 billion per year in tax revenue.

Between £2.50 and £4 is generated in the wider economy for every £1 invested in the rail sector.

📢NEW REPORT!

'Making the connection: Rail & the sustainable growth opportunity' calls for rail investment to deliver economic growth, reduce inequality & boost productivity - all without compromising environmental goals.

Read the full recommendations: https://ow.ly/8rYL50X3sW7

Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040

Thames Water creditors offering to save their own skins with 25% debt write off while carrying on polluting your rivers for the next 15 years?!

NO NO NO

Special Administration NOW. Cut the debt by 50%, invest every penny of your bills in stopping sewage

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

🔥"What is more British than wanting to own instead of renting for everyone in this country?"

We Own It Director Cat Hobbs speaking at Commonwealth's panel event 'Who Owns Britain?' at Labour Conference. @cmmonwealth.bsky.social

NHS 10-year plan will embed privatisation and hollow out the health service | Letter Letter: Government reforms could lead to the NHS going the way of social care, where the state is longer able, or willing, to deliver, says Margaret Greenwood

Dangers of NHS 10 year plan @mgreenwood2024.bsky.social

🏥Shift from publicly owned hospitals to public-private-funded neighbourhood health centres

💰Outsourcing continues (while CHPI shows £1 in every £3 NHS spends on cataract operations leaks out in profit)

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

NHS 10-year plan will embed privatisation and hollow out the health service | Letter Letter: Government reforms could lead to the NHS going the way of social care, where the state is longer able, or willing, to deliver, says Margaret Greenwood

The 10 Year Health Plan will embed privatisation: my letter to The Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

NHS 10-year plan will embed privatisation and hollow out the health service | Letter strongLetter: /strongGovernment reforms could lead to the NHS going the way of social care, where the state is longer able, or willing, to deliver, says strongMargaret Greenwood/strong

This is a fantastic letter from former MP Margaret Greenwood @mgreenwood2024.bsky.social.
The government’s new 10-Year Plan for Health could bring private finance deals back. That would break Labour’s 2024 election manifesto promise that “the NHS will always be publicly owned and publicly funded”.

We were delighted to have @PaulJSweeney as part of our panel event with @LabourList at #Lab25.

⭐Here's what public ownership could look like:
✅involvement in innovative infrastructure
✅reinvesting profits in local communities
✅taking public stakes in the companies of the future.

Labour's manifesto promised "the NHS will always be publicly owned and publicly funded" 🏥

Rachel Reeves is considering breaking that promise with new PFI 💔

But 30 Labour MPs have confirmed they stand by the promise ❤️

Brilliant Mirror coverage thanks to @martinbagot.bsky.social 👇

I will trust this government to deliver an "online hospital" that works for patients when they've fixed the problems with the real ones

Around 320 patients DIE every week due to long waits for beds in A&Es

Fund our NHS, fund new doctors, end the waste of outsourcing, no new PFI

It's disgraceful that Keir Starmer went back on 2020 pledge to bring rail, mail, water + energy into common ownership

Deeply ideological to insist natural monopolies, essential services stay privatised

TAKE BACK our stolen public assets, put money in our pockets 💧💡🚄📮 #Lab25

Read the report - Passengers not profit: a vision for the Railways Bill The government's upcoming Railways Bill should include these reforms if it is serious about delivering for passengers.

Starmer should be promising that the UK will build its own trains #Lab25

Labour could set up Great British Trains

Start commissioning PUBLICLY OWNED trains and phase out the private rolling stock rip off

weownit.org.uk/why-public-o...

Keir Starmer is promising "working people in control of public services"

But we're not in charge of
Our water 💧
Our energy grid and retail 💡
Our trains 🚄
Our Royal Mail 📮
Our NHS 🏥

Starmer could deliver that though - UK OWNING assets - it would unite left and right #Lab25

Ring-fence our NHS from new PFI - take action now Rachel Reeves can protect our NHS from private finance in her Autumn Budget.

🔥28 good Labour MPs have already signed the Labour Manifesto Board, standing for a publicly funded NHS.

If you have a Labour MP ask them to sign now.

If you don’t have a Labour MP email Rachel Reeves directly. 👇

Who Owns Britain? Who Owns Britain? Join us for a Panel Discussion and Drinks Reception during Labour Party Conference hosted by Common Wealth.

📣Tonight!📣
Want to find out who really owns Britain? 🧐

Join @cathobbs and other great guests at this @commonwealth event at #Labour conference on 30th September.

Mirror IN YOUR AREA FUNERAL NOTICES SHOP COMPETITIONS DAT EXCLUSIVE: Labour MPs confronted at conference over NHS private finance 'betrayal' Private finance initiative (PFI) deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS 'payday loans'

Labour was elected to protect our #NHS, not open the door to disastrous new private finance deals!

Great coverage of our action outside Labour Party conference today, by @martinbagot
Link to full article in comments 👇

Labour MPs confronted over NHS private finance ‘betrayal’ Private finance initiative (PFI) deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS ‘payday loans’

PFI deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS ‘payday loans’

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Labour MPs confronted over NHS private finance ‘betrayal’ Private finance initiative (PFI) deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS ‘payday loans’

"The NHS will always be publicly owned and publicly funded" was Labour's 2024 manifesto promise

Today 27 Labour MPs confirmed they still stand by it 👏👏👏

No new PFI in our NHS - it's like paying for a new house with a payday loan

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Don't miss today's Morning Star, with a wraparound from us.

In an NHS that already has 100k vacancies, govt plan to make yet another 100k redundant, including frontline clinical roles.

How's this going to shorten waiting lists? We all deserve better.

If it sounds crazy - that's because it is.

This government wants to reintroduce disastrous PFI in our NHS.

We've already had 24 MPs sign our pledge to ensure the NHS will always be publicly owned and publicly funded.

But it should be way more than that because this was a manifesto pledge! Tag your Labour MP in the comments below.

Rachel Reeves talking about investing in rail

But why don't we own our own trains? Why is the government letting the private rolling stock rip off continue?

Set up Great British Trains, directly commission PUBLICLY OWNED trains

Rachel Reeves asking "who is standing up for working people?"

Not a government that keeps us spending more on energy and water bills, rail and bus fares, undermines our NHS by wasting £££ on outsourcing and proposed new PFI

Working people want to END FAILED PRIVATISATION #Lab25

Are you a Labour MP? Come and sign to keep Labour’s 2024 manifesto promise and say no to private finance into our NHS

3/4 📢What can Labour do to defeat Reform—and is greater public ownership the answer? Join LabourList and @weownit.org.uk to explore how Labour can craft a national narrative of popular change. Featuring @emmaburnell.bsky.social, @cathobbs.bsky.social, @paulsweeney.bsky.social, @luketryl.bsky.social

How can Labour use public ownership to defeat Reform? How can Labour use public ownership to defeat Reform?

Keir Starmer plans to defeat Reform - but how?

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP could deliver the "patriotic renewal" he wants 💧💡🚌🚄🏥📮

Join our @labourlist.bsky.social event, 1.30pm tomorrow, with excellent speakers Mark Drakeford, @paulsweeney.bsky.social @luketryl.bsky.social

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