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recent bookmarks from asterisk2aNHS hospital trusts paying hundreds of millions in interest to private firms | Private finance initiative | The Guardian2022-10-26T02:30:01+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/25/nhs-hospital-trusts-paying-hundreds-of-millions-in-interest-to-private-firms
asterisk2aNHS PFI debt PPP financialisationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:03f4a65831d0/Council faced £700k monthly PFI waste bill from contractor2020-08-17T20:15:19+00:00
https://theferret.scot/council-faced-700k-monthly-pfi-waste-bill/
asterisk2aPFI PPPhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:bbe8af048306/Health boss left 'dumfounded' by hospital's woes - BBC News2019-10-12T06:32:58+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-50020898?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health&link_location=live-reporting-story
asterisk2aPFIhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:29b3f5f5ba68/(13584) JOEL BENJAMIN on Why The Public Are Kept In The Dark - YouTube2018-10-22T19:26:37+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJf9zwbRmxE&feature=em-uploademail
asterisk2aUK Austerity Council PFI bankruptcy high interest loan LOBOhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0e281b33808d/(11682) PFI - A Fraud On The People - Trailer - YouTube2018-09-02T15:23:57+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HdAqPJRUOM&feature=em-uploademail
asterisk2aPFIhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:873365336518/(112) Renegade Inc. & What to expect in 2018 - YouTube2018-02-18T08:24:38+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jJ2PuklTrI
asterisk2aBOE QE trap Richard Koo UK Austerity productive investment underinvestment productivity Brexit Steve Keen book RAWerner debt bubble asset alternative WallStreet GDP output gap uncertainty 2018 business consumer confidence fiscal policy NHS monetary Carillion PFI disposable income discretionary spending credit malaise secular stagnation stagflationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4bfcf968e21f/Carillion’s Failure and the Private Finance Initiative2018-02-17T06:58:18+00:00
https://libcom.org/blog/carillion-failure-private-finance-initiative
asterisk2aCarillion PFI bailouthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:02860a5fa51e/Joel Benjamin on Twitter: "Jim Fagan: Barts NHS is the largest #PFI hospital in the NHS, with the largest NHS deficit at £150million in 2016. Barts NHS is paying out £2million a week on its PFI contract, increasing at 4% per year."2018-02-10T05:19:39+00:00
https://twitter.com/Gian_TCatt/status/961695710151397377
asterisk2aNHS Crisis PFIhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b081a299aa2a/Taxpayers owe private firms £199bn for PFI deals - BBC News2018-01-18T05:34:39+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42724939
asterisk2aPFI UK NHS Council Privatisation Austerity neoliberal neoliberalism profit maximisation Schools Prisons accountability Transparencyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:df9e7371703a/The PFI bosses fleeced us all. Now watch them walk away | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian2018-01-17T15:23:49+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/16/pfi-bosses-carillion-money-george-monbiot
asterisk2aCarillion PFI NHS UK Privatisation Prison education policy Schools Austerity profit maximisation Gesellschaft bailouthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:254141a167d8/Cold Comfort: So-Called ‘Tough Decisions’ Are Putting Patients at Risk | Novara Media2018-01-05T00:41:59+00:00
http://novaramedia.com/2018/01/04/cold-comfort-so-called-tough-decisions-are-putting-patients-at-risk/
asterisk2aNHS winter crisis sickcare demand PFI privatisation neoliberal tax evasion avoidance chronic sick population ageing demographic bubblehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:02ed0f57b2f9/NHS shake-up is not a Trojan horse for privatisation, says top doctor | Society | The Guardian2018-01-01T16:45:03+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/01/nhs-shake-up-is-not-a-trojan-horse-for-privatisation-says-top-doctor
asterisk2aACO NHS CCG Politics CQC STP Austerity Privatisation rationing staff crisis sickcare healthcare demand PFI Council ageing demographic bubble population premature CEP elderly care adult social Cancer obesity CVD overweight chronic sick waiting times bedblocking bed blocking treatment delayhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c07ada1bb07e/These little-known opaque bodies could run health services. Are they legal? | Denis Campbell | Society | The Guardian2017-11-19T22:32:23+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/07/vital-nhs-account-acos-legal-challenge
asterisk2aNHS England ACO Privatisation accountability Politics Austerity CCG STP CEP Jeremy Hunt Simon Stevens rationing waiting times CQC treatment delay excess death patient safety outsourcing PFIhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:fab642d58ab6/Don’t fall for the scaremongering: McDonnell’s PFI pledge isn’t that radical | Declan Gaffney | Opinion | The Guardian2017-09-25T20:32:07+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/25/pfi-john-mcdonnell-in-house-contracts-private-finance-initiative
asterisk2aPFI NHShttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6e098c091404/NHS 'leaking millions' in PFI contracts - BBC News2017-08-30T03:59:32+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41086171
asterisk2aNHS PFI Privatisationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:adb686c163f5/Driving students away from nursing is a spectacular act of political self-harm | Polly Toynbee | Opinion | The Guardian2017-07-13T23:53:54+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/13/students-nursing-political-self-harm-training-nhs
asterisk2aNHS bursaries Austerity education policy debt student loan tuition fee maintenance grant poverty staff shortage locum agency skills gap Tories George Osborne Jeremy Hunt Simon Stevens David Cameron Privatisation PFI trap productivity output neoliberalism neoliberalhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:970dbfc5370d/Theresa May suggests UK health services could be part of US trade deal | The Independent2017-07-09T17:40:21+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-donald-trump-nhs-us-trade-deal-brexit-torture-a7548156.html
asterisk2aNHS Privatisation rationing waiting times trade deal Austerity STP GP A&E CCG Trust CQC bedblocking Council adult elderly social care mental health bed blocking insurance Brexit outsourcing profit maximisation shareholder value PFIhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:16bd419bccf2/Catalogue of safety risks identified at NHS Grampian hospitals | Press and Journal2017-07-05T05:46:16+00:00
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1282034/catalogue-of-safety-risks-identified-at-nhs-grampian-hospitals/
asterisk2aPFI Austerity NHS Grampian Scotland rationing infrastructure underinvestmenthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b3b2b0927bb1/(1397) Theresa May in Election Jitters Caught Lying About Tory Plans to Cut The National Health Service - YouTube2017-06-05T14:18:22+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_x6vL2FTo
asterisk2aNHS Privatisation GE2017 PFI UK STP health care demand Jeremy Hunt Simon Stevens England Wales Conservative Party nastyparty nasty Manchester Devolution ageing chronic sick population demographic bubble adult elderly social Prevention Austerity Naylor Report Oliver Letwin book Living Standardhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c4159f350c5d/Schools face years of funding cuts if Tories win election, say thinktanks | Education | The Guardian2017-05-27T08:21:46+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/may/26/england-schools-face-years-funding-cuts-tories-win-election-ifs?CMP=share_btn_tw
asterisk2aeducation policy austerity Brexit Tories nasty party Conservative competitive competitiveness skills gap productivity output recovery GFC bank bailout Privatisation PFI Theresa May GE2017https://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7c5d086de8e3/Tony Blair's legacy 20 years on - BBC News2017-05-01T13:05:39+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39717751
asterisk2aTony Blair Labour Party UK history Politics PFI Privatisation economy NHS globalisation capitalism neoliberalism neoliberal tax evasion avoidance banking deregulation regulation regulators economic USA GFChttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7d41d4d7b765/PFI scandal as Scottish NHS faces £10billion bill for hospitals that cost £2billion - Daily Record2017-04-21T23:04:17+00:00
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/struggling-nhs-faces-crippling-bills-10234545
asterisk2aPFIhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7629d552805c/School budget squeeze 'is reducing pupils' subject choice' - BBC News2017-04-10T21:11:29+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39527183
asterisk2aeducation policy Austerity JAM Theresa May nasty party Conservative skills gap foreign language culture Brexit Global Britain Philip Hammond Privatisation Academy Free Schools PFI Council gini coefficient poverty trap social income mobilityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:93ca5d76320f/Budget 2017: Asset sales to thank for UK's figures? - BBC News2017-03-09T02:48:53+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39214295
asterisk2aBudget Tories Conservative PFI Assets George Osborne Theresa May Manufacturing underinvestment Philip Hammond London Services nasty party ZIRP NIRP QE household debt consumer credit card creditcard mortgage housing bubble Productivity output gap skills STEM education policy Austerity current account deficit GFC bank bailout GDP per capita IMF technological unemployment David Cameron social mobility income wage growth downward gini Coefficient child povertyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4efd0f179e87/Budget 2017: £2bn for social care and tax rise for self-employed - BBC News2017-03-08T23:49:52+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39196579
asterisk2aHMRC Philip Hammond Theresa May Tories Conservative Party nasty budget Brexit NHS National Insurance NI adult social care elderly self-employment tax evasion avoidance Council Austerity ageing population demographic bubble chronic sick health demand Generationengerechtigkeit Triple Lock Pension Trickle-down Housing Benefit Crisis education policy IMF homelessness homeless inequality technological unemployment mobility welfare state child poverty downward income trap gini Coefficient Disabled JAM DWP JSA ESA working poor squeezed middle class Precariat zero hour contract part-time PFIhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d0a2ca9a5adf/Government spending billions on free schools while existing schools crumble | Education | The Guardian2017-02-22T10:01:38+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/22/government-spending-billions-on-free-schools-while-existing-schools-crumble
asterisk2aeducation policy Austerity underinvestment UK Tories PFI Privatisation nasty party Conservativehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:88119284fbe4/Architects call for urgent inspection of all PFI buildings in Scotland | UK news | The Guardian2017-02-14T17:31:23+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/14/scotland-architects-urgent-inspection-pfi-buildings-cole-report-oxgangs-primary
asterisk2aPFI UK Austerity debt Privatisation profit maximisation Lobby corporatismhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:15142a461a93/Damning report attacks firms which built fault-ridden Scottish schools | UK news | The Guardian2017-02-10T14:56:49+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/09/damning-report-slams-firms-who-built-fault-ridden-scottish-schools
asterisk2aPFI Austerity Privatisation UK government debt NHS Assets underinvestmenthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e6a13621d534/Scottish ministers reviewing investment strategy after PFI blow | Politics | The Guardian2016-12-15T22:01:26+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/14/scottish-ministers-reviewing-investment-strategy-after-pfi-blow
asterisk2aPFI infrastructure Investment Austerity confidence-fairy confidence fairy NHShttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:cb289cf6ae80/PFI schools built in Scotland 'owned by offshore firms' - BBC News2016-08-22T14:54:07+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37135611
asterisk2aPFI NHS Education Policy Privatisation Austerity neoliberal neoliberalism UK George Osborne Centrist Tony Blair Gordon Brown David Cameron underinvestment infrastructure investment tax avoidance evasionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:bc6da310f263/The Fix: Can The Junior Doctors' Strike Save The NHS? ( Novara Media )2016-04-23T04:57:24+00:00
https://soundcloud.com/novaramedia/can-the-junior-doctors-strike-save-the-nhs
asterisk2aJunior Doctor Contract Doctors NHS England Jeremy Hunt locum staff morale shortage austerity health care budget cost demand spending ageing population demographic bubble OAP diet-related disease chronic complex condition needs elderly adult social cancer obesity heart overweight low-grade inflammation high blood pressure cholesterol Privatisation privatization PFI scandal single-payer healthcare Workers Union Trade neoliberal neoliberalism free market George Osborne David Cameron nasty party Conservative Tories general election 2015 campaign promises Manifesto Toff Privileged Establishment No Representation inequality Career Politicians crisis sick prevention GP A&Ehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7f4c4b06ec46/