Call for inquiry into privately financed public projects in Scotland

Contracts including for schools, hospitals and roads shrouded in secrecy and offer poor value for probable £7.6bn cost to taxpayers, say expertsAn expert report has raised concerns about unjustified secrecy and poor value for money in privately financed projects in Scotland.
The report by two senior economists says there is a pressing need for an inquiry into whether the fast-increasing use of private financing by Scottish ministries and their agencies is in the public interest. Continue r