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    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:34:24 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Arbiter allows £4.4bn for Tube costs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[London’s Tube upgrade work should cost £4.46bn over the next seven years of the contract, PPP Arbiter Chris Bolt has announced.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mott MacDonald’s Ecob dies]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15135]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Chris Ecob, the head of Mott MacDonald’s partnerships business and a leading industry figure, has died suddenly.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Civil servants to identify asset shortfalls]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15132]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Failings in the public sector’s asset management are to be tackled through a new campaign launched by the government.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Arbiter ‘to stick with’ Tube plans]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15126]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The independent Tube PPP arbiter is likely to insist Transport for London (TfL) pays around £4.4bn for the next seven years of work on the Underground – leaving it with a £400m budget hole. ]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[LEPs backed to bid on neighbour schemes]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Existing local education partnerships (LEPs) should be allowed to bid for school-building schemes in nearby areas, a survey of contractors has found.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[More councils join Building Schools]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15131]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[A further six councils have joined Building Schools for the Future (BSF) – but will be at risk of having their schemes cancelled if the Conservatives win power.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Minister urges £20bn asset savings]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Local councils could save £20bn over 10 years just by using their assets better, the Communities Secretary, John Denham, has said.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gove remarks cloud BSF 50th]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15125]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Celebrations over the closing of the 50th Building Schools for the Future (BSF) deal have been tempered by renewed signs that the Conservatives would shake up the programme if elected.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lloyds stumps up £150m on Bristol deal]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15121]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Lloyds’ decision to fund £150m of a Bristol hospital scheme has raised hopes that banks are once more putting up large chunks of debt to fund projects.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Five firms in for Liverpool hospital]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15122]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Five major contractors have put in bids to deliver the £288m Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool, one of the few remaining large health PFI schemes.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[London seeks new housing partnerships]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15123]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The London Assembly is investigating new partnership models to increase house-building in the capital.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Scottish schools pilot moves forward]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15119]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Six bidders have been invited to tender for the Scottish Schools Investment Programme pilot project.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[MPs attack Metronet governance]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15120]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Department for Transport’s management of the failed Metronet Tube PPP was inadequate and cost the taxpayer up to £410m, a committee of MPs has said.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Debt market delays new Intercity fleet]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15117]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Procurement of new rail rolling stock has been put on hold because of a lack of debt finance, the transport minister has announced.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Academic warns over PFI payments ]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/news/view/15113]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Annual payments on PFI projects could become "onerous" for public bodies trying to cut costs, Tony Travers, a leading academic and commentator, has warned.]]></description>
        <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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