PFI now costs each UK household £13,000 a year, according to a report by the Intergenerational Foundation. PFI debt now stands at £239 billion, nearly 25% of the entire national deficit.
“We have consistently voiced concerns about the misuse of PFI in the past and we have already taken steps to reduce costs and improve transparency.” G Osborne – liar.
Under PFI, big business has screwed the public sector, spawning a legacy of odious, off-the-books debt. Our national deficit would be around 25% greater if it was included by the Treasury
In the UK, InnisFree is the largest private investor in healthcare, it owns 269 schools and £3 billion worth of MoD accommodation. It also has a Scottish Motorway, a Welsh Jail and part of Whitehall in its portfolio.
The police murder an innocent man, then let Tottenham burn. The real story, told by local people who were there.
Prof. David Harvey talks to Occupy London Stock Exchange about the Crisis and the Occupy Movement.
In the continued battle over a 35% pay cut and the tearing up of the national agreement, rank and file sparks battle through police lines to hold pickets at 5 building sites, occupy Cannon St. station and visit the occupation
As part of our War on PFI campaign we are holding a meeting to expose and take action against the profiteering of Public funds under the the Private Finance Initiative. All welcome.
The tentacles of global private finance are slithering into one of the world’s most vulnerable communities and beginning to take a grip of its institutions.
As the Occupy Wall Street movement in the US grows from strength to strength, there are some interesting developments shooting off from it helping to spread the message of revolt.
Preparations are well underway for the ‘People First, Not Finance’ mobilisations against the g20 meeting in Cannes from the 1-5th November. Here is the latest timetable of actions and events.
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET a people powered movement for democracy in New York City. Inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir Square uprising and the Spanish acampadas, we vow to end the monied corruption of our democracy …
Globalise Resistance will soon be announcing a public forum examining the money sapping scheme of PFI, which is costing the UK taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds every year, and which escapes the attention of government cuts.
It’s not rocket science to work out why things are kickin’ off here at the moment. Our checklist of the real criminal activity.
GR’s first ever festival of resistance was a beautiful and fascinating event, taking political learning, discussion and planning to an entirely different environment.
Call for protest at the Vedanta AGM 2011, 3pm on 27th July, Queen Elizabeth II conference centre, London, SW1P 3EE.
Join The Reverend Billy and & The Church of Earthalujah in an exorcism of the evil spirit of BP at the Tate Modern Turbine Hall on Monday 18 July, 5.30.
Over 3000 Chilean students take to the streets of Santiago to stage a mass zombie protest over higher education reforms.
The Greeks have said “Enough is enough”. What do you say? This is a battle between our right to self-determine, to demand a new political process, to be sovereign, and private corporate interests.
It’s festival time of year and GR is helping itself to a hefty chunk of the action. Make sure you keep Friday 8 – Sunday 10th July free for the best event of the summer.
We thought you should listen to the File on Four Radio broadcast from the BBC on PFI. It’s a pretty damning piece of journalism by Jerry Northam.
HSBC and other investment funds are taking control of UK schools, hospitals, social housing and other vital pieces of public infrastructure via the Private Finance Initiative (PFI).
Notoriously violent protest group UK Uncut witnessed more scenes of wanton destruction as a young girl beat the hell out of a fat cat banker.
With the fantastic protests gripping Spain and finding an echo in Greece and Portugal at the moment, there’s every reason for optimism for a big G20 mobilisation.
The police murder an innocent man, then let Tottenham burn. The real story, told by local people who were there. URGENT: to get justice we first need to get the truth out – please send this link to at least 10 other people and ask them to do the same.
The police murder an innocent man, then let Tottenham burn. The real story, told by local people who were there.
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