1. The public and private sectors

2. 1. Industrial sectors
Clement Attlee, Labour Prime Minister.
20% of British industry was nationalised
the Bank of England (1946)
the energy sector – the coal industry (1946), electricity (1947) and gas (1948)
transport – railways, civil aviation and road transport
the communications industry – cables and wireless
the steel industry (1951).

3. 1951 : the steel industry was denationalised 
1971 : the motor division of Rolls Royce was nationalised
1977: all British shipyards were nationalised

4. 2. Privatisations in the 1980s and the 1990s
Milton Friedman won the Nobel Prize in 1976
reasons for privatisation
Raise profits and productivity
improve quality of consumer service
Enterprise and popular capitalism
Raise cash at a time of economic recession

5. companies privatised in the 1980s and the 1990s (Thatcher and Major)
1980 Housing Act : sale of council houses : British Petroleum 1985 : BritishTelecom 1986 : British Gas 1987 : British Airways 1988 : British Steel 1990 : British Electricity 1993 : British Coal 1996 : British Energy (nuclear stations); British Rail Contested US takeovers : Westland helicopters (1986), Land Rover (1986)

6. 3. New Labour and Public Private Partnerships
1995 : reform of The Labour Party’s Clause IV
Outsourcing in public services (Whitehall)
Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
education, prisons, transport and health
Yet failure in the London Underground (2010 London Transport for London) and in the railways

7. 4. Is the Welfare State in danger with Cameron’s privatizations?
plan for a more responsible “Big Society.”
21 February 2011 “The grip of state control will be released and power will be placed in people's hands.”
2013 Royal Mail
2014 Roads
2014 fire brigades outsourcing emergency calls
Privatisation of forensic testing

8. 5. Theresa May and privatisation
September 2016 : stopped privatisation of the land Registry
November 2016 : privatisation of 60% of BBC radio
2017: sell-off of NHS under-used property
2017 : outsourcing of bailiffs
2018 attacks on privatisation
Water companies
Probation services
railways

9. 6. Outsourcing in the NHS
More private healthcare providers (2.8% of NHS budget 2006/8% 2016)
March 2012 : Health and Social Care Act
Fears it may endanger 1948 NHS founding principles
BREXIT : NHS was a topical issue.