Britain | Airport privatisation
Ground fog
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THE first test of the new government's views on privatisation—whether new Labour really believes that public-sector businesses are better off being privately-owned—is fast looming. The challenge concerns not the remaining nationalised assets held by the government, but businesses in the hands of local councils.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Ground fog”
From the June 14th 1997 edition
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