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Solidarity condemns privatisation rip-off – Stop the PPP scandal |
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Solidarity – Scotland’s Socialist Movement today described as obscene the colossal levels of public money being squandered by the previous New Labour/Lib Dem Scottish Executive’s ideological fixation with privatisation.
The new Scottish Executive have released figures that show that £22.3 billion in taxpayers money will be handed out to private companies over the next 40 years. The cost of the so-called Public Private Partnerships – deals where private companies are paid billions from the public purse for building schools, hospitals and prisons – has jeopardised public spending and public services for the next 40 years.
Tommy Sheridan – Solidarity co-convener said; “ What these figures prove is that New Labour’s fixation with privatisation is going to cost £4,500 for every Scot and a 40 year millstone around the necks of the Scottish Executive and local authorities. We opposed PPP/PFI policies since their inception because we knew they were a massive rip-off, designed to cut public expenditure and hand over massive public sector contracts to big business. These figures prove that our arguments were correct”
“We are now calling for a complete moratorium on all new PPP contracts both at a Scottish Executive and local authority level. We are calling on the Scottish Executive as a matter of extreme urgency to bring forward a cheaper public sector alternative help to ensure high quality and accountable public services in Scotland.”
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