MPs vote down attempt to impose windfall tax on PFI contractors

The sustainability of PFI contracts has been questioned since the collapse of Carillion.A bid by a cross party group of MPs to impose a form of windfall tax on major PFI contractors on Wednesday was defeated by 305 to 265.Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, had Lib Dem support for an amendment to the finance bill as it came back for its final stages that would have made the biggest contracts liable to the bank levy.