by People vs PFI | Nov 12, 2017 | Construction, Edinburgh schools, Energy, Housing, International, NHS, Schools, Uncategorized
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,...
by People vs PFI | Sep 26, 2017 | Construction, Edinburgh schools, Housing, International, NHS, Schools, Solutions, Uncategorized
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...
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 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...
by People vs PFI | Feb 21, 2017 | Construction, Edinburgh schools, Schools
An analysis on behalf of People vs PFI by Martin Gaskin and Helen Mercer Two complementary reports were released last week that draw significant and damning conclusions about the Private Finance Initiative (PFI or PPP) funding of public infrastructure capital...
by People vs PFI | Jun 18, 2015 | Construction, NHS
Photo: Reel News By Paul Wilkinson Activists from People vs Barts PFI, together with Birmingham Keep Our NHS Public, Birmingham TUC Health Campaign and the local Green Party took their protest to Carillion’s AGM on 6 May 2015 – highlighting the company’s poor record...