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...

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...

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...