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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Joanna Partridge

Government inheriting poor value assets due to bad handling of PFI contracts, watchdog says

People approaching the forecourt of a large building
Derby City General hospital was one of the largest PFI contracts in the UK. More than 650 public sector bodies have their buildings, IT and essential infrastructure managed under a PFI deal. Photograph: PA

Bad management of private finance contracts is leading to poor quality assets being handed back to the government, including schools and hospitals, according to parliament’s spending watchdog.

Its report into the use of private finance initiatives (PFI) for infrastructure comes at a time when the government has identified private investment in projects such as power plants and transport outside London as a key part of its growth agenda.

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