- Public ownership is popular Archived Message
Posted by Gerard
on September 28, 2019, 12:18 pm
|
"Most of us want to see public ownership across a range of public services, from water to energy, from the NHS to the Royal Mail. Polling clearly shows that public ownership is very popular. Even when given the option of 'whatever works', people choose public ownership as their preferred option (YouGov, 2015). Voters would be more likely to support a party promoting public ownership by a ratio of 4:1 (Survation, 2013). Buses 50% 50% want buses in public ownership (YouGov, 2017) 57% 57% want councils to be allowed to set up new public bus companies - 22% oppose this (Survation, 2016) Council services 55% 55% want to see more services run in-house by councils (Survation, 2017) 61% 61% of the public think that local and central government should try to run services in-house first – before outsourcing (Survation, 2015) 80% 80% believe that when a public service is put out to tender, there should always be an in-house bid (Survation, 2013) 64% 64% distrust outsourcing companies, while only 21% trust them - compared to NHS (79%), the police (65%) and the armed forces (79%) (Survation, 2014) Education 81% 81% want schools in public ownership (YouGov, 2017) 64% 64% want the student loan book to be in public ownership (Survation, 2015) Energy 77% 77% want energy in public ownership (Legatum Institute, 2017) National assets 49% 49% want the Green Investment Bank in public ownership - only 20% wanted it to be privatised (Survation, 2015) 70% 70% want the Land Registry in public ownership (Survation, 2015) 60% 60% want National Air Traffic Services in public ownership (Survation, 2015) NHS 84% 84% want the NHS in public ownership (YouGov, 2017) 65% 65% of the public would not feel comfortable using GP services provided by a private company like Atos, Capita, G4S or Serco (Survation, 2014) 74% 74% want hospitals in public ownership (YouGov, 2015) 77% 77% of the public believe the NHS should be maintained in its current form. This level of support has remained consistent over almost two decades despite widespread social, economic and political change. (KingsFund, 2017) 90% 90% of people support the founding principles of the NHS, indicating that these principles are just as relevant today as when the NHS was established. (KingsFund, 2017) Parks 70% 70% of the public want parks in public ownership (Survation, 2016) 75% 75% believe councils should have a statutory duty to protect public parks (Survation, 2016) Prisons 62% 62% want prisons in public ownership (YouGov, 2015) 28% 28% of people think it is appropriate for private companies to run prisons 25% 25% think it is appropriate for private companies to provide court services (Survation, 2014) Rail 76% 76% want the railways in public ownership (Legatum Institute, 2017) 59% 59% want public ownership of Network Rail (Survation, 2015) 20% 20% were in favour of reprivatising the East Coast line (Survation, 2013) Royal Mail 65% 65% want the Royal Mail in public ownership (YouGov, 2017) Social care 74% 74% want social care in public ownership (Survation, 2017) Water 83% 83% want water in public ownership (Legatum Institute, 2017)" https://weownit.org.uk/public-solutions/support-public-ownership |
| Message Thread:
|