Trying to unscramble PFI contracts as they reach the end of their life is as troublesome as the whole initiative
Here is one firm of solicitor's guidance on PFI project hand backs
Nationalise the Special Purpose Vehicles to end PFI!
A solution to controversial PFI deals Ending all existing PFI deals by nationalisation would pay for itself in 2 years, a research paper published by the University of Greenwich has revealed. Rather than terminating the contracts, the paper proposes nationalising the...
Royal Liverpool Hospital PFI to be scrapped
The Royal Liverpool Hospital PFI is to be scrapped and the investors ‘bailed out’. This is a reward for failure which we have known is coming for years. People vs PFI says that the government must end all PFI deals now before the public purse is burdened any further...
A PFI Windfall Tax – Radical Solution? or a Sticky Plaster on a Gaping Wound?
Since Carillion hit the headlines by collapsing into insolvency in January 2018, there has been a torrent of negative media coverage on the failed ideology of public sector outsourcing and the litany of problems associated with the private finance initiative (PFI)...
How much will it cost to nationalise the Special Purpose Vehicles?
The paper by Dr Helen Mercer and Professor Dexter Whitfield is available via the Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich. Abstract The article’s principal purpose is to provide an initial set of costings relating to the proposal to end...
Infrastructure fund to abandon offshore tax haven status
The European Services Strategy Unit reports the following: "The John Laing Infrastructure Fund (JLIF) has decided to terminate its Guernsey offshore registration and become a UK investment trust. Announcing the results and annual report for 2017 on 23 March 2018, the...
Brighton hosts the exhibition
Sussex Defend the NHS hosted the PFI exhibition from 24th to 27th March. In addition to the panels provided by People vs PFI, the NHS group had created their own panels for PFIs in the Brighton and Hove area, covering schools, the children's hospital, Veolia waste and...
PFI exhibition: great success of launch at the House of Commons
On 20th March 2018 over 70 people attended the Parliamentary launch of our exhibition: 'The Private Finance Initiative: How come we're still paying for this?' All speakers stressed the importance of the exhibition as a campaigning tool. It has a vital role to play in...
PFI Exhibition and meetings: future dates
People vs PFI is pleased to announce two new dates for the exhibition: 20th March 2018 - 7-8:30 pm: Parliamentary launch hosted by the office of John McDonnell. See details here. 24th - 27th March 2018. Sussex Defend the NHS is hosting the exhibition at a venue in...
20th March 2018 Parliamentary launch of our exhibition ‘How come we’re still paying for this?’
People vs PFI is pleased to announce our exhibition of photographs on PFI by Marion Macalpine and booklet by Helen Mercer will be displayed in the Macmillan Suite at Portcullis House in Westminster on the evening of Tuesday 20 March from 7:00-8:30pm at an event hosted...