by People vs PFI | Jul 21, 2017 | Construction, Housing
Today (21 July 2017), the Guardian’s Zoe Williams has published a devastating analysis of the Myatts Field North PFI Regeneration Scheme entitled The Real Cost of Regeneration. Myatts Field North is a council housing estate in Lambeth, South London, built in the...
by People vs PFI | Jul 7, 2017 | Housing, NHS, Schools, Uncategorized
How Do We Know Our Public Buildings are Safe? There are more than 800 PFI contracts across the UK, covering thousands of public buildings: these include 120 hospitals, more than 1000 schools, and homes for around 80,000 residents. These unaccountable schemes cost the...
by Helen Mercer | Jul 3, 2017 | Schools
Teachers at Forest Hill secondary school in south east London have been on strike against budget cuts for 11 days this year. The school intends to tackle its budget deficit of £1.3m through staffing cuts. Forest Hill School is ‘the canary in the classroom’ because...
by Joel Benjamin | Jul 2, 2017 | Construction, Housing
As more revelations emerge about the fire safety failures in Camden’s PFI Chalcots Estate refurbishment and other housing PFI schemes, this 2011 long article by Stuart Hodkinson (University of Leeds) provides a useful background to the emergence and role of PFI...