Election 2019: Is there a case for renationalising utilities?
b'The Labour Party says privatisation has failed: if it wins the election, it will bring utilities including water, energy, rail and mail back into public ownership. The Conservative Party acknowledges some problems but maintains that utilities markets have delivered savings.\\n\\nAt this event, an expert panel discussed the pros and cons of different manifesto promises.\\n\\nSpeakers included:\\n\\nJames Meadway, former policy adviser to John McDonnell\\nGiles Wilkes, senior fellow at the Institute for Government and former special adviser to Theresa May\\nSharon Darcy, director of Sustainability First\\nThe event was chaired by Gemma Tetlow, chief economist at the Institute for Government.\\n\\nThere was an opportunity for questions from the audience.'