P.F. Eye
An Idiot's Guide to the PFI
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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Currency affairs
Nigeria's crypto concerns
Burning issue
Old Sparky on the government's "irrational" net zero plan
Legal get-out
More dodging of responsibility at the Post Office
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