The Latest Breaking News from PFI

LABOUR’S use of Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) to fund the building of new schools has come at a huge cost for taxpayers in Scotland ...

The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) was not always a controversial brand ...

THROUGHOUT the PFI saga the same faces and names kept coming up.

PFI stands for the public finance initiative, which is a way of financing big public-sector projects through the private sector.

The public finance initiative was brought in under John Major’s government between 1992 and 1997 but was considerably expanded after that point…

THE newly elected Labour government has come to power pledging to deliver on infrastructure, but poured cold water on the idea of major government…

From the 1980s until recently, politicians saw privatisation as a way to get a big bucket of money to spend on popular projects

Car drivers will pay £8 for peak hours return trip but £1.50 for off-peak journeys

THE LibDems have been accused of misleading voters with a leaflet featuring a “headline” from The National.

NIA arrests key accused in BJP worker murder case, revealing PFI conspiracy to target Hindu leaders.

The Population Foundation of India, a Delhi-based policy and advocacy organisation, has pointed to “misreporting” about the findings of a study by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and its “misleading” and “selective portrayal” to highlight the increase in the Muslim population in India.