Majority of voters including Tories want key utilities such as water and rail to be nationalised, poll finds
Among Tory voters, 57% back the Government to run utilities and 29% prefer the private sector.
Even Tory voters think that key utilities such as water, rail and power networks should be nationalised, a new poll has found.
The poll, carried out by Ipsos Mori for the ipaper, found broad public support for nationalisation of key utilities, including among Tory voters.
68% of those asked favoured nationalisation of water, with 65% of respondents also saying that railways should be bought under public ownership. 63% said power networks should be publicly owned; and 60% supported a reversal of the privatisation of Royal Mail.
Among Tory voters, 57% back the Government to run utilities and 29% prefer the private sector.
It comes at a time when food and energy prices have been rising amid a cost of living crisis.
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