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Public Private Partnership (PPP)

Public Private Partnerships (PPP) is the umbrella name given to a range of initiatives which involve the private sector in the operation of public services.

Moray UNISON is actively expressing concerns over the PPP/PFI proposals for Moray Schools and has raised those with Elected Members of The Moray Council.

This will be relevant to everyone in Moray, as the financial and social consequences will not only be felt by those working in the new or up-graded schools.

5 Reasons for opposing PFI

PFI privatises - Profit comes before public need.
PFI privatises staff, cutting jobs, wages and conditions
PFI substitutes for public investment, it is not an extra.
PFI set up costs can be five times more than public borrowing projects
PFI hits your pocket. You’ll pay more through taxes for tens of years because it is more expensive than public borrowing

	Local News
	National News Articles and Briefings (updated 09/12/04)
	Message to Unison Members: Public Meeting
	Letters to Moray Councillors from Moray UNISON
	Letter to Northern Scot Editor
	UNISON Briefing: PFI in Schools - The Case Rebutted
	Links to Others Briefings / Resources
	(January 2004)

News Articles of Local Interest
09/12/04	Local services threatened by grant restrictions and PFI subsidies - UNISON response to local government grant details
14/11/03	Public Private Partnership for Moray schools: Scottish Socialist Party will be holding a public meeting on 17/11/03 at 7.30pm in the Bishopmill Hall, Elgin.
18/09/03	Council Delays Ruling on Private Funding Scheme for Schools (Press & Journal Article)
17/09/03	Presentation to Moray Council Elected Members : Moray Schools' Public Private Partnership Project: Outline Business Case: Summary - Report by the Director of Educational Services
15/09/03	Upgrade for Moray Schools may add 5.5% to Council Tax (Press and Journal Article)
03/09/03	Public Private Partnership - Moray Public Meeting - message to members
12/08/03	Moray UNISON writes to Elected Members of Moray Council - please read letter
Aug 03	Moray UNISON newsletter update
18/07/03	Moray UNISON branch secretaries letter to Northern Scot
02/07/03	Moray UNISON writes to Elected Members of Moray Council
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National PFI News Articles and Briefings
04/08/04	UNISON takes anti-privatisation message to TUC: Unison calls for action to end pay inequality
29/07/04	PFI fat cats drain public sector of money: Contractors are in a win-win situation, even if contracts go belly up
12/07/04	Big breakthroughs on PFI: Pay and conditions of staff cannot be cut; alternative means of funding now open.
10/03/04	Scottish Executive Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Staff Protocol: UNISON Scotland Guide to the STUC/Scottish Executive Public Private Partnerships in Scotland – Protocol and Guidance Concerning Employment Issues
10/03/04	PPP protection a ‘defining issue: Scotland in UNISON Online Article General Secretary Dave Prentis has warned that a failure to outlaw private contractors cutting pay and conditions when they win contracts in the NHS could become a “defining issue” in UNISON's relationship with the Government.
10/03/04	Failed PFI firm asked to comment on new PFI schemes: Scotland in UNISON Online Article: Failed PFI company Ballast Wiltshier has been asked by the Scottish Executive to comment on new proposals to hand over primary health care centres, hospitals and joint facilities with councils to private companies
10/02/04	PFI PROJECTS CLOAKED IN TOO MUCH SECRECY: Think tank condemns private company approach to information sharing.
20/01/04	Private Finance Illusion Briefing
05/01/04	PFI firm crises highlight risk and competition failures
04/12/03	Refinancing hits cash-strapped hospital: Union warns of private company pocketing millions in PFI re-mortgaging deal
28/11/03	Union scores victory against council privatisaiton: Northants decides against largest PPP in local government
14/11/03	PPP Project will need close scrutiny: Press and Journal article on Highland Council PPP scheme
30/10/03	Scotsman Newspaper: Private Finance Initiative News Section: useful articles on some PFI/PPP stories throughout Scotland
24/10/03	Positively Public Campaign Briefing alerts readers to the progress made on UNISON's campaign and features stories on some of the problems faced by private companies in PFI/PPP projects.
24/10/03	What is wrong with PFI in schools: report rounds up the evidence on PFI schools and raises concerns about the high costs of using private finance to build schools.
24/10/03	Not so great: Voices from frontline at Great Western PFI Hospital, Swindon The report describes the problems at the new PFI hospital in Swindon where, like the other PFI hospitals, there are not enough beds, there is shoddy workmanship and the contractor, Carillion, is unsympathetic to the workforce.
23/10/03	Power cuts blight Edinburgh Royal Infirmary: Power supply in PFI hospital fails for second time in two months
08/10/03	Undercover reporters expose PFI Deficiencies BBC programme investigates reality of hospitals built using private finance initiative
29/08/03	Big Auditor pulls out of privatisation project: Ernst & Young withdraws from Scottish school project over conflict of interest
20/08/03	UNISON continues fight against privatisation
13/08/03	UNISON lifts the lid on LIFT: LIFT is a genetically modified form of PFI - with all the disadvantages of PFI plus a few new ones thrown in for good measure.” This is the stark warning in a new booklet* sponsored by UNISON and produced by Democratic Heath Network describing the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) scheme. LIFT is currently being widely promoted within the NHS for Primary Care Trusts wanting to invest in new premises such as GP’s surgeries and is spreading rapidly to financing for secondary schools and beyond.
16/07/03	UNISON renews call for independent review of PFI: UNISON renewed its call for an independent review of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and whether it provides value for money, despite the Government publishing its own report into PFI.
Jul 2003	UNISON cries 'foul' on Argyll's bid to privatise schools
20/06/03	UNISON Conference Says no to PFI and Privatisation
04/06/03	Positively Public Briefing: May 2003 features key stories on privatisation failures and new developments, including the collapse of Melville Dundas, a well established Scottish private firm.
27/05/03	Employers pick up the tab for TUPE indecision: Organisations have to take account of TUPE when entering into agreements over outsourcing, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs), as well as buying and selling a business.
02/04/03	The PFI experience - voices from the frontline: This booklet injects a note of realism into the debate surrounding the private finance initiative as a means of funding new hospital buildings for the 21st century
26/03/03	PPP Briefing March 2003: Latest developments on Scotland's public services campaign; the new code of practice to eliminate the two-tier workforce.
Mar 2001	Scottish Executive - PFI Scotland Newsletter

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Useful Resources

Scottish Executive's PFI Scotland newsletter and Scottish Executive PFI projects

UNISON Scotland Guide to the PPP Staffing Protocol

UNISON Scotland PFI briefings

UNISON PFI Index

UNISON UK Positively Public Pages with PFI resources

Local Government Information Unit (LGIU)

thePFI.net

UNISON Edinburgh PFI Campaign

UNISON Argyll PFI News

UNISON West Dunbartonshire Branch

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