public ownership

In September, Transport Secretary Louise Haigh outlined the creation of Great British Railways, a new body that will oversee the return of the rail network to public ownership.

About 250 new drivers have been recruited since ScotRail was brought back into public ownership by the Scottish government in April 2022.

Last on the list: "The Railway Services Bill - bringing our railways back into public ownership."

New research estimates that just under 595,000 acres of 5.7m acres of land covered by Britain’s 15 national parks is in public ownership.

Sources inside the men's first team insist the public ownership spat will not undermine performances on the pitch, while the women's team say they have never been impacted.