‘Past mistakes must be avoided’: anxiety as Labour eyes public-private funding for NHS

Rachel Reeves will be under no illusion about the pitfalls of PPP, having chaired the business select committee during the 2018 collapse of Carillion. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA

Labour is preparing to kick off a new wave of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in England to build the neighbourhood health centres at the heart of its NHS 10-year plan.

Ministers will make a final decision in the autumn budget about whether to use the funding approach, which was put on pause eight years ago.