Award-winnning Edinburgh-based architect Malcolm Fraser wrote an open letter to Finance Secretary Derek Mackay on 18 September , after the announcement of a public inquiry into debacle of the Edinburgh [ … ]
Category: Private Finance Initiative
Government failing to properly protect Carillion workers
Unite, the UK’s largest union, has accused the government of failing to fully protect workers left in limbo following the collapse last month of Carillion. Source: Government failing to properly [ … ]
Time for a windfall tax on the PFI profiteers, says UNISON | News, Press release | News | UNISON National
https://www.unison.org.uk/news/press-release/2018/02/time-windfall-tax-pfi-profiteers-says-unison/
Shareholders in private water companies have made £13.5 billion since 2010 – but the firms still get tax credits – The i newspaper online iNews
http://inews.co.uk/news/shareholders-private-water-companies-made-13-5-billion-since-2010-firms-still-get-tax-credits/
Was Carillion the canary in the coal mine? – Positive Money
http://positivemoney.org/2018/02/carillion-canary-coal-mine/
Police forced to waste £millions of taxpayer’s money bailing out collapsed private forensics firm | Evolve Politics
https://evolvepolitics.com/police-forced-to-waste-millions-of-taxpayers-money-bailing-out-collapsed-private-forensics-firm/
Capita don’t just provide some services, they run entire councils | The Independent
Outsourcer Capita hit the headlines today for all the wrong reasons, its share price collapsing 40 per cent following a profit warning and cancellation of dividend payments to shareholders. Source: [ … ]
PCS welcomes Labour policy on privatisation and PFI | Public and Commercial Services Union
Source: PCS welcomes Labour policy on privatisation and PFI | Public and Commercial Services Union
It’s not just Carillion. The whole privatisation myth has been exposed | Polly Toynbee | Opinion | The Guardian
Source: It’s not just Carillion. The whole privatisation myth has been exposed | Polly Toynbee | Opinion | The Guardian
Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has left the UK with £47bn ‘Enron-style’ debt | Ian Fraser
Gordon Brown using deceitful accounting including the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) to hide the true level of the UK’s national debt Source: Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has left the UK [ … ]