PFI is a failed Treasury policy. We can’t afford a Treasury ‘Solution’
Three weeks before the 2016 Scottish Parliamentary Election and the race for Holyrood descended into something resembling a witch hunt as the Scottish Conservatives, SNP, Labour and Liberal Democrats all looked for someone to blame for the Scottish PFI schools fiasco.
Edinburgh Schools Scandal: It’s time to open the books on PFI
Following the Edinburgh schools scandal, People vs PFI and Common Weal have launched a petition calling on Scottish public authorities to release all PFI/PPP contracts and the legal and financial advice behind them.
Why city-run energy should NOT mean public-private partnerships
Switched on London take a look at the ways in which city-run energy is fast becoming a reality in the UK, and the role of private companies such as Ovo energy, who are cashing in from what should be public, socially oriented initiatives.
How to end PFI profiteering – a proposal by People vs Barts PFI
A proposal from People vs Barts PFI to challenge the PFI model in its entirety, by nationalising the companies – known as ‘Special Purpose Vehicles’ – through which PFI contracts operate.
Campaigners warn of ‘debt iceberg’ at Africa private finance summit
We protested outside the Africa PPPs conference in London in November to warn of the hidden financial risk of schemes such as the UK’s Private Finance Initiative.
The day we challenged Carillion
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 and profiteering in the NHS.
How PFI New-Builds Drain the Funds From Our School System
When the late unlamented Education Leeds began its cruel and pointless destruction of Leeds schools, I thought, Blimey, have they got shares in construction companies? But I dismissed the thought because, in my naivety, I didn’t think that the powers-that-be would work like that.