by People vs PFI | Nov 20, 2017 | Schools
Background: This is a guest blog by former MSP and journalist Campbell Martin on his experience campaigning against North Ayrshire Schools PFI/PPP and the new Documentary: “The Only Game in Town – The Great PFI Scandal” produced by MacAulay Gibson...
by Helen Mercer | Aug 17, 2017 | NHS
Merger and subsidy does NOT solve financial problems created by PFI An FOI request has unearthed serious failings at a key unit of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich (QEH). [1] This hospital was merged with Lewisham hospital in 2013 into the Lewisham and Greenwich...
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 | May 18, 2016 | Solutions
Photo: HM Treasury 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...