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Speaker whips P3s in health care
London :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago
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On a speaking and research tour of Canada, Lister said the result of England's current generation of PFIs, in place since about 2002, has been "almost entirely negative". Politically, they came about under Tony Blair's government, avowedly Labour,
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Noonan to chair crunch talks on European banks
London :: United Kingdom | 8 days ago
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Minister Michael Noonan will chair formal talks in Brussels today on proposed European- wide rules dealing with failing banks and those in difficulties. Britain last winter and spring helped diversified Irish group DCC deliver profits 229.2m in the
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Funds black hole for school rebuilds
Reading :: United Kingdom | 11 days ago
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More than half the schools in England's priority building scheme do not have guaranteed funding, it has emerged. Since announcing the scheme last May, the government has struggled to find affordable long-term private finance for the majority of the
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Balfour Beatty plc Sells PFI Assets For £22m Profit
Lon :: Burkina Faso | 21 days ago
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Published in Company Comment on 1 May 2013 Balfour Beatty plc (LON: BBY) announces two PFI disposals...Balfour said the transactions would raise £58.5m and had exceeded the company's valuation by £21.9m. The deals involve Balfour's 50% interest in
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Mayflower 'sailed from Essex'
Harwich :: MA :: USA | 21 days ago
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Harwich Mayflower Project to build life-size replica BBC News Online The Harwich Mayflower Project's planned replica is expected to cost £2.5m A charity aims to put Harwich back at the heart of the Pilgrim Fathers story by building a £2.5m replica of
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For Ontario Liberals, early peacekeeping might lead to long-term challenges
Ontario :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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The Canadian Press Video Video Video When Finance Minister Charles Sousa (who also happens to be much kinder and gentler than his predecessor) delivers his budget this spring, there may be even more inclination to believe the worst of Ontario's
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South London healthcare trust: what went wrong?
London :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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It was formed in April 2009 as a result of the merger of three struggling acute healthcare organisations in south London, and actively sponsored by the Strategic Health Authority for London (NHS London). The merger was intended to act as the
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£20m police station blame denied
Ammanford :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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The firm which built a Carmarthenshire police station has denied blame for the failure of talks to renegotiate an estimated bill of more than £20m. The Ammanford station is costing Dyfed-Powys Police nearly a fifth of its property management budget
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Stuffed - hospital closures and chaos in England's health service
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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February 2013 Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's decision on Lewisham hospital is a clear signal that some fundamental and bold changes are needed on NHS (National Health Service) structure, PFi debts and the private sector...Yesterday I watched LaLite
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How Libor rate rigging has put hospitals in crisis | Allyson Pollock and David Price
Lisbon :: Portugal | 5 months ago
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Emergency situation 'hospital closures and bed cuts are planned across the country, triggered by government-inspired deficits which are in no small part due to PFI.' Photograph: Alamy Meanwhile in Portugal, the International Monetary Fund has
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