Cat Hobbs
@CatHobbs
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Founder/director of @We_OwnIt. Loves public services. Campaigning for public ownership, against privatisation.
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Joined April 2011
Labour's manifesto promised the NHS would be "publicly owned and publicly funded" It would be a massive mistake if the government introduces new private finance, breaking their promise and against all the evidence WELL DONE to the 40 Labour MPs standing up to say NO to new PFI
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This is truly shocking - the government LOST at least 5500 responses from passengers and public in their consultation on the Railways Bill! ๐คฏ But YOU can hold them to account and stand up for a publicly owned railway Sign up by Monday 1st December ๐ https://t.co/tujWMFXh3I๐
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This government made the wrong decision about private finance at the Autumn Budget. But that didn't stop us from securing wins. Here's what you achieved in the campaign against PFI 2.0
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Regulation won't fix our broken water system. You have until 3rd December to tell DEFRA exactly why their plans for a new fines system won't work. Take 2 minutes now to complete the consultation.
weownit.org.uk
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All Labour, Green and independent councillors at Oxford City Council have just called for public ownership of Thames Water This government can't stop the rising tide of public opinion, even from their own councillors. ๐ฃ Public ownership of Thames Water NOW.
thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
Oxford City Council has called for Thames Water to be brought back into public ownership, amid complaints about "disgusting" sewage spills.
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๐จThis is a scandal! The government lost thousands of public responses to their railway consultation. That means that if you want to end the private rolling stock ripoff, or cut fares, or end competition law in the railway, your voice was silenced. Take action below๐
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Absolutely disgraceful - Labour's manifesto promised NHS would be "publicly owned and publicly funded" Openly now ripping off patients for generations to come Even the Conservative government said "goodbye to PFI" Outrageous, unjustifiable, wrong https://t.co/E4cM9c4OVQ
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"The cost of high energy bills must be tackled at source" Rachel Reeves says at #Budget2025 That means ENDING PRIVATISATION
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At the Budget, the Chancellor just announced 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres... ... but didn't mention their decision to use private finance to fund them ๐ง Why? Are they ashamed of their plan to resurrect the corpse of PFI in our NHS? They should be. #AutumnBudget
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Alarmed to hear Rachel Reeves talking about "selling government assets we no longer have any use for" Look at everything that's been stolen from YOU since 2010 ๐๐๐ *We need MORE publicly owned assets not fewer* to "break the cycle of austerity" #Budget2025
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Dishonest of Rachel Reeves to highlight "the damage Conservatives did to schools and hospitals" when she plans to introduce new private finance in our NHS - PFI 2.0 Against her own manifesto, 40 Labour MPs and 53 accounting academics #Budget2025
https://t.co/TqDzNN6UkP
weownit.org.uk
In this open letter to the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, 53 academics of accounting and finance from UK universities explain why she should abandon the idea of new private finance for the NHS.
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Rachel Reeves wants us to buy British "that's why we stepped in to save British Steel" So why can't we own our own water - starting with Thames Water? Spiralling water bills are taking money directly out of people's pockets, flowing to shareholders around the world #Budget2025
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Rachel Reeves can't "tackle the cost of living crisis" in her budget today without tackling PRIVATISATION It means YOU pay an extra tax on - your bills ๐ง๐ก - your council tax ๐ง๐ธ - investment in your public services ๐ฅ๐ซ Time to end the 40 year rip off https://t.co/Iv9zeZLNzF
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Rachel Reeves can't "tackle the cost of living crisis" in her budget today without tackling PRIVATISATION It means YOU pay an extra tax on - your bills ๐ง๐ก - your council tax ๐ง๐ธ - investment in your public services ๐ฅ๐ซ Time to end the 40 year rip off https://t.co/Iv9zeZLNzF
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The government admits profiteering is rife in childrenโs care and social care, yet it still wants private finance back in the NHS. This is an ideology where a few will profit while everyone else pays. #NHSNotForProfit #EconomicJustice
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Health minister just announced plans to use the private sector to build and maintain neighbourhood health centres. This is PFI 2.0. PFI is an unforgivable waste of public money - straight into private profit and at the expense of patient care. @SocialistHealth
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I expected the government would create something newfangled and complicated to obfuscate that theyโre doing PFI. But what Karin Smyth describes here is just PFI pure and simple: private sector will construct and maintain facilities. Itโs just PFI. Not PFI again in the NHS.
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๐จBREAKING: The government has announced they plan to use PFI 2.0 to fund NHS neighbourhood health centres. This will see cash that should go toward treating patients being paid out to private finance investors. Email your MP now to oppose this plan: https://t.co/UgwOcvu6ji
weownit.org.uk
Your MP can help STOP plans for new private finance debts in our NHS in the Autumn Budget
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Absolutely disgraceful - Labour's manifesto promised NHS would be "publicly owned and publicly funded" Openly now ripping off patients for generations to come Even the Conservative government said "goodbye to PFI" Outrageous, unjustifiable, wrong https://t.co/E4cM9c4OVQ
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