25 Sep 2025
We Own It will be making the case for public ownership at several events during this year's Labour Party Conference.
Public ownership has become a significant political battleground, with insurgent parties to the left and right of Labour pushing some form of pro-nationalisation agenda. We will be pressuring Labour MPs, both inside and outside the conference hall, to move faster and further with their public ownership plans. Including:
How can Labour use public ownership to defeat Reform?
Sunday 28 September 13:30 - 14:30
Discover how public ownership offers a unifying, popular alternative to divisive politics — and why it wins votes in communities failed by the status quo. Join us to explore how this powerful antidote to Reform’s agenda can be scaled nationally, with a call to leaders at all levels to show whose side they’re on by backing public ownership. More details here
Say no to PFI in our NHS
Monday 29 September 08:00 - 10:00
The government wants to bring back private finance in our NHS, even though their 2024 manifesto promised to keep our NHS “publicly owned and publicly funded”.
PFI deals signed under Tony Blair are still damaging our NHS and patient care to this day.
But here is the good news: you can stop this. The final decision will only be made by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at the Autumn Budget on the 26th of November.
Now is the time for Labour MPs, who were elected on a promise of our NHS staying fully publicly owned and publicly funded, to make it clear where they stand.
We are taking action outside Labour conference. Further details here
Who Owns Britain?
Tuesday 30 September 19:00-20:00: Panel Discussion, 20:00-21:00: Drinks Reception
A Panel Discussion and Drinks Reception during Labour Party Conference hosted by Common Wealth.
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. More details and tickets here
