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Housing PFI projects have been plagued by spiralling costs and long delays – and there is no proof they are a good use of taxpayers’ money, government auditors have claimed. Read more...
Cheshire’s waste PFI project is under threat after both shortlisted bidders had their planning applications turned down. Read more...
The government has created a fund to support capital projects in regions where economic growth is weakest. Read more...
The government will protect spending on infrastructure projects in this Parliament, the Chancellor George Osborne has said. Read more...
Sandwell’s proposed £484m PFI hospital, one of the few remaining in planning, has come through two major hurdles this week. Read more...
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has begun the sale of rights to operate the UK’s only high-speed rail line – but the proceeds are unlikely to go towards new infrastructure. Read more...
The Treasury's announcement on its review of recent spending commitments brought mixed news for PPP and PFI projects. Read more...
Savings that companies make by running several hospital PFI schemes are not being passed onto the health service, a report has found. Read more...
New schools could be built through a set of supercharged frameworks capable of doing PFI projects, under plans being considered by the school building agency. Read more...
Councils have been told to cut as much as £100m in two years, reinforcing the threat to infrastructure projects, as the scale of the government’s cost-cutting drive becomes clear. Read more...
Avon and Somerset’s £116m plan for new police stations will go ahead, after fears it could be scrapped or cut back in the government’s review of spending. Read more...
The £6bn Search and Rescue Helicopter PFI has been put on hold until the Comprehensive Spending Review. Read more...
Some £600m of hospital PFI schemes have been cleared to continue, after dodging the axe in the government’s cost-cutting review. Read more...
School building projects are coming under increased pressure to reach preferred bidder status ahead of next week’s Budget. Read more...
The chair of a powerful committee of MPs has urged the new coalition government to publish more information on PFI contracts. Read more...
Several major contractors have had to pay £600,000 to fix a mistake on four Bradford schools being put up under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Read more...
Major contractors will be asked whether they would accept a new way of building schools that would hand control over design back to schools and local councils, the Partnerships Bulletin understands. Read more...
Primary Plus, one of the leading Lift firms, has decided to stop putting up new health centres and GP surgeries, the Partnerships Bulletin can reveal. Read more...
The communities department has announced £160m of PFI money has been cut from its funding for new house building. Read more...
Transport PFI schemes have become the latest to be threatened with the axe, as the government’s cost-cutting drive continues. Read more...
