Wes Streeting’s PFI plan is a disaster for the NHS - Richard Murphy - Labour Is Making A Big Mistake

11th September 2025

Wes Streeting wants to fund 200 new NHS health centres through PFI.

But the Public Finance Initiative was a disaster in the past – locking hospitals and schools into decades of expensive contracts.

Profits were privatised while risks and debts were socialised.

This video explains why PFI 2.0 is a betrayal of the NHS, why it costs more, and why the government should fund health centres directly using its own currency.

Say NO to more PFI projects.

Read a transcript at https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09/11/the-curse-of-pfi/

In Caithness - just look at the Wick School complex.