A Panel Discussion and Drinks Reception during Labour Party Conference hosted by Common Wealth.

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If you live in Britain, you’ve been subject to a radical experiment: the unprecedented privatisation of essential services. Almost nowhere in the world privatised them as deep or far as here.

The results of the experiment are now in. Sewage in our rivers, eye-watering energy costs, unreliable transport. Billpayers funding billions of pounds of shareholder payouts.

Join us to explore who profits from ownership of the essential services we all need, from water to energy to transport, and what that means for families and the cost of living crisis.

The event will unpack fresh insights from Who Owns Britain? project, which investigates who owns our essential services and how we can rebuild the country.

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Chaired by Mathew Lawrence, Director Common Wealth

Featuring:

• Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (invited)
• Cat Hobbs, We Own It
• Dr. Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, NEF
• Mika Minio-Palluelo, TUC

Drinks Reception after the Panel Discussion

Location:

Gallery 1, RIBA North,21 Mann Island, Liverpool, L3 1BP

Schedule:

30 September 2025

19:00-20:00: Panel Discussion

20:00-21:00: Drinks Reception

Attendance:

Free Attendance. Please RSVP in advance. Tickets available here