Comments on: Exploding Public Sector Privatisation Myths – Part 2 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/07/exploding-public-sector-privatisation-myths-part-2/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sun, 31 May 2026 09:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/07/exploding-public-sector-privatisation-myths-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5699 CherryPie Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:58:18 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2890#comment-5699 Thanks for you insight into this issue. I think quite a few of the PFI projects could do with being managed better than they are currently. The ones that I have come across always seem to have gone over budget and been delayed. I agree that government should be making savings in public expenditure, there are other areas where savings can be made which seem to have been overlooked by them. Thanks for you insight into this issue. I think quite a few of the PFI projects could do with being managed better than they are currently. The ones that I have come across always seem to have gone over budget and been delayed.

I agree that government should be making savings in public expenditure, there are other areas where savings can be made which seem to have been overlooked by them.

]]> By: edward marston http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/07/exploding-public-sector-privatisation-myths-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5698 edward marston Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:25:26 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2890#comment-5698 Cherie, You are right to raise concerns about the long term cost of major public capital projects procured through PFI and public/private partnerships. A figure of £65billion has been put on the current PFI debt and this is likely to rise as the next and successive governments seek to juggle their commitments and defer exchequer spending. I have to declare an interest in that I advise the NHS and other public authorities on how to better manage their operational PFI projects, claw back overpayments and find savings. By comparison with the total debt, the savings we can find are a relative drop in the barrel but based on the experience of the past 24 months, UK plc cannot afford to overlook any opportunity for saving public expenditure. Cherie,
You are right to raise concerns about the long term cost of major public capital projects procured through PFI and public/private partnerships. A figure of £65billion has been put on the current PFI debt and this is likely to rise as the next and successive governments seek to juggle their commitments and defer exchequer spending. I have to declare an interest in that I advise the NHS and other public authorities on how to better manage their operational PFI projects, claw back overpayments and find savings. By comparison with the total debt, the savings we can find are a relative drop in the barrel but based on the experience of the past 24 months, UK plc cannot afford to overlook any opportunity for saving public expenditure.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/07/exploding-public-sector-privatisation-myths-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5686 CherryPie Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:04:10 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2890#comment-5686 It is a TUC document which I am running as a series. I think it is important right now for people to see this information. It is a TUC document which I am running as a series. I think it is important right now for people to see this information.

]]> By: jams O'Donnell http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/07/exploding-public-sector-privatisation-myths-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5683 jams O'Donnell Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:04:01 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2890#comment-5683 Well put Cherie. Provatisation has often been pretty disastrius Well put Cherie. Provatisation has often been pretty disastrius

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/07/exploding-public-sector-privatisation-myths-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5678 CherryPie Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:51:48 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2890#comment-5678 I agree with you, I don't have a problem with private enterprises, but I do think that services that are for the public should remain in the public sector. I agree with you, I don’t have a problem with private enterprises, but I do think that services that are for the public should remain in the public sector.

]]> By: Steve Hayes http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/04/07/exploding-public-sector-privatisation-myths-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5673 Steve Hayes Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:44:18 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2890#comment-5673 Our city council privatised rubbish removal services, and it caused nothing but trouble. I don't have a problem if manufacturing is privatised, but privatising services is a much more difficult matter. Our city council privatised rubbish removal services, and it caused nothing but trouble. I don’t have a problem if manufacturing is privatised, but privatising services is a much more difficult matter.

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