Floundering Carillion Bosses Grilled by Business Committee – But When Will We Change Corporate Law?
Yesterday in the Parliament the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee Committee led by Frank Field and Rachel Reeves quizzed disgraced Carillion management on the series of events leading up to Carillion's collapse into liquidation in January 2018....
Public funding not private finance
The redevelopment of the Royal Susssex County Hospital, Brighton, proudly declares on its hoardings that it is "Public funding not private finance". One of the FAQs, obviously in anticipation of public concern asks: "Is the redevelopment being paid for through the...
Lying to Ourselves Over PFI – The Private Finance Initiative
The following article on PFI schools procurement is a repost of a blog from Jeff Kaye, a former School Governor and Chair and Trustee of the anti-corruption NGO Transparency International UK. You can follow Jeff on twitter @Jakdaw09. PFI was Government outsourcing at...
Carillion’s Missing Millions
The following article is a repost of IPPR Economist Grace Blakeley's Medium post here. Listen below to Grace speaking on Carillion's collapse and PFI along with economist Ann Pettifor and James Butler of Novara Media. In many ways, the Carillion scandal...
Collapse of Carillion into Administration Another Nail in the Coffin of the Private Finance Initiative
Stricken PFI outsourcing company Carillion has collapsed into liquidation this morning, threatening to plunge small businesses in its supply chain and public service provision across hospitals, schools and prisons into chaos. Questions must now be asked of Government...
Carillion Bankers and PFI Bailouts
Carillion is a British multinational facilities management and construction services company that operates in the UK, Middle East and Canada, and has a notably poor record on ensuring workers rights and safety. Carillion hit the headlines in the last 12 months...
North Ayrshire Schools PFI: “The Only Game in Town” by Campbell Martin
Background: This is a guest blog by former MSP and journalist Campbell Martin on his experience campaigning against North Ayrshire Schools PFI/PPP and the new Documentary: "The Only Game in Town - The Great PFI Scandal" produced by MacAulay Gibson films. You can view...
Next showing of the Exhibition: 19th November 2017
Brockley Festival of Ideas People vs PFI is pleased to announce that our exhibition of photographs on PFIs is to be shown next for just one day at the Brockley Festival of Ideas in Lewisham. The festival takes place on Sunday 19th November, 2017 from 10 am to 5:30 pm,...
Private Finance Initiative: How come we’re still paying for this?
Next showing at the TUC, 16th to 30th October 2017 People vs PFI is pleased to announce that our exhibition of photographs on PFIs is to be shown again at the TUC, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London. The current interest in PFI, following John McDonnell’s...
The People vs PFI Back Shadow Chancellors Call to End PFI Extortion and Propose Nationalisation of PFI SPVs
People vs PFI gives a huge welcome to John McDonnell’s speech at the Labour Party conference today calling an end to the disaster of the Private Finance Iniative. It is recognition that PFIs not only burden public authorities with debt, they have also been a major...