P.F. Eye
An Idiot's Guide to the PFI
A Special Report by Paul Foot
Norman Lamont tinkered with it. John Major approved it. But the intellectual thrust for the idea of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) came from David Willetts, the Tory frontbencher nicknamed 'Two Brains'.
A Special Report by Paul Foot
Norman Lamont tinkered with it. John Major approved it. But the intellectual thrust for the idea of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) came from David Willetts, the Tory frontbencher nicknamed 'Two Brains'.
This is the story of the PFI: how it became a jewel in the crown of New Labour, its savings, its costs, its pitfalls and windfalls, and how it changed the face of British accountancy and British politics.
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Boos for Boris
How the NHS photo-op at Addenbrookes backfired
Notes from Nicosia
Former fugitive Asil Nadir’s trade scheme
Bassetlaw Hounding
Labour at war over candidates
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