The cost of renationalisation

Business lobby accused of ‘telling lies’ over Labour’s nationalisation plans

Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn launches his rail nationalisation plans in 2015
(Image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has admitted exaggerating the “eye-watering” £196bn price tag that it put on Labour’s nationalisation plans.

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