Laurie Macfarlane
@L__Macfarlane
Co-director @FutureEconScot. Fellow @IIPP_UCL and @DemocracyCollab. Co-author Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing
A must read.
I spent a year at Ofwat back in 2013 working on price controls I’m not remotely surprised it’s being abolished - what I saw astonished me 🧵 theguardian.com/business/2025/…
Steve Reed is right. We should focus on facts. So let's start with eight claims made to @krishgm 1. The £100bn figure. This makes no sense and is not credibly evidenced. The true and fair value in law is close to zero. Legal expert @ewan_mg unpacks common-wealth.org/perspectives/h…
“I'm not going to focus on ideology." It would cost £100bn to nationalise water companies and the government would have to take that money from the NHS and education, Environment Secretary Steve Reed tells @krishgm
Excellent, informed thread on why handing a country's water supply over to rent-hungry private investors is a bad idea. (For non-UK folk, Ofwat is our water "regulator", which is now being scrapped).
I spent a year at Ofwat back in 2013 working on price controls I’m not remotely surprised it’s being abolished - what I saw astonished me 🧵 theguardian.com/business/2025/…
Fascinating thread, the insiders view of Ofwat, regulation and the water industry.
I spent a year at Ofwat back in 2013 working on price controls I’m not remotely surprised it’s being abolished - what I saw astonished me 🧵 theguardian.com/business/2025/…