About the Commission by Will Hutton

Ownership matters.  Yet Britain does not take ownership sufficiently seriously.  The Ownership Commission's task is to open up a debate about good ownership in the UK.

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Current Issues

  1. Ownership, entrepreneurship and business

    The Commission’s starting point is that we believe that companies should be more than networks of contracts, and at their best they can be living, breathing human institutions held together by trust and a sense of common purpose.

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  2. The Ownership Context

    Ownership matters. It confers primary rights. Owners of companies set their strategic direction, purpose and terms of employment. Owners of land decide on what should be done with it. Owners of property decide on the amount they will devote to maintenance and improvement. These decisions have a profound impact on the rest of the economy and society.

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What's happening

  1. 6 September 2011

    Party conferences 2011

    The Commission on Ownership will hold fringe events at each of the three main party conferences this year. To find out more, please see below. Liberal Democrat Hall 6b, ICC, Monday 19 September, 18:15-19:30 Ed Davey MP Will Hutton Peter Marks Su...

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  2. 29 December 2010

    Will Hutton: We have the oddest and most regressive constitution for private ownership anywhere in western capitalism

    Below is an article from the Observer written by our Chair, will Hutton, about the state of contemporary British capitalism and the Commission.  The original article can be read here.   Heathrow's chaos is indicative of a wider national ma...

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  3. January

    Upcoming Events

    The Commission on Ownership will be holding fringe meetings at each of the three main party conferences this year. See below for more details.

    Liberal Democrat
    Hall 6b, ICC, Monday 19 September, 18:15-19:30

    Ed Davey MP
    Will Hutton, Chair
    Peter Marks, Chief Executive, The Co-operative Group
    Sue Slipman, Foundation Trust Network
    Peter Hunt, Chief Executive, Mutuo

    Labour
    Concourse Fringe Room 9, ACC Liverpool, Sunday 25 September, 13:00-15:00

    Tessa Jowell MP
    Oliver Nyumbu, Chief Executive, Caret
    Peter Marks, Chief Executive, The Co-operative Group
    Sue Slipman, Foundation Trust Network
    Peter Hunt, Chief Executive, Mutuo

    Conservative
    Royce Suite, The Midland Hotel, Monday 3 October, 12:30-14:00

    Andrew Jones MP (PPS to Business and Enterprise Minister, Mark Prisk)
    Will Hutton, Chair
    Peter Marks, Chief Executive, The Co-operative Group
    Sue Slipman, Foundation Trust Network
    Peter Hunt, Chief Executive, Mutuo

     

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