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 7, 2017 | Housing, NHS, Schools, Uncategorized
How Do We Know Our Public Buildings are Safe? There are more than 800 PFI contracts across the UK, covering thousands of public buildings: these include 120 hospitals, more than 1000 schools, and homes for around 80,000 residents. These unaccountable schemes cost the...
by Helen Mercer | Jul 3, 2017 | Schools
Teachers at Forest Hill secondary school in south east London have been on strike against budget cuts for 11 days this year. The school intends to tackle its budget deficit of £1.3m through staffing cuts. Forest Hill School is ‘the canary in the classroom’ because...
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 Helen Mercer | Jan 20, 2017 | Schools
In June 2016, Edinburgh City Council appointed an independent inquiry into the scandal around the Edinburgh PFI schools. Its report is due out at the end of January 2017, with a full report going to the City Council on 9 February. We will be keeping a close watch on...
by Joel Benjamin | Jul 5, 2016 | NHS, Schools
The Price of PFI on BBC File on 4 features exclusive research by members of The People vs PFI exposing systemic failures in building and fire safety standards in public schools and hospitals constructed via Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Schools in Edinburgh and...