Tim Care

Crossed wires over care

21 June 2011 | Tim Care

The main downfall of Southern Cross was old-fashioned economics and not privatisation. It is too simplistic to suggest that public ownership would have prevented such an outcome Read more

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A pointless PFI report, by Tim Care

28 April 2011 | Tim Care

Stop press: the latest report from the National Audit Office on Private Finance Initiative projects has just been published.  Does it offer any new insight into the issues?  Does it offer possible solutions?  In a word, ‘no’. Read more...

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PFI: back to the bad old days? By Tim Care

21 April 2011 | Tim Care

During the 2010 election campaign the Conservatives proclaimed themselves to be vehemently anti the Private Finance Initiative. Yet despite this, recent research shows that under the current government, 61 PFI contracts are being negotiated of which 39 are due to be signed-off this year. This is more than the 32 in 2008 and 39 in 2009 (under Gordon Brown’s leadership). It seems that the coalition government’s appetite for PFI is greater than that of the previous government. Why is that? Read more...

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Another nail in the PFI coffin, by Tim Care

22 October 2010 | Tim Care

If the PFI industry were hoping for a crumb of comfort in the Comprehensive Spending Review, it will be very disappointed. There is hardly any acknowledgment within the CSR documents that private finance has a role to play in our public services or infrastructure. Read more...

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Sour grapes about PFI, by Tim Care

26 November 2009 | Tim Care

Shadow chancellor George Osborne has fired the first shot, declaring that the Private Finance Initiative is ‘flawed and must be replaced’. The months leading up to the election will get many politicians out of the woodwork, providing their penny’s worth on this issue. With the development of the UK’s schools and hospitals and other infrastructure on the table, the stakes are high. Read more...

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