PFI abolition pledge doesn’t help public services with contracts

Commenting on the Chancellor’s pledge that the government is to abolish the use of new private finance contracts (PFI), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said:
“Public services can’t be financed on the never-never, and the Chancellor’s promise that there’ll be no more PFI contracts signed is welcome.
“But this does nothing to help the many hospitals, councils, police forces and schools. They’ll be paying through the nose for many years to come for wh