Shameless PPProfiteering in Scotland; making money from hospital parking during the Covid-19 pandemic

Primary Author or Creator:
Line Kikkenborg Christensen
Publisher:
Jubilee Scotland
Alternative Published Date
2022
Category:
Type of Resource:
Report
Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)
4pp
Fast Facts

PPP contracts can limit a government’s ability to implement initiatives in the best interest of the public

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While public institutions and the public can band together in times of emergency (such as a global pandemic), private companies are only accountable to their shareholders.

Scandals like the profiteering on hospital parking in Scotland may push governments to seek ways to end existing PPP contracts. 

Even in the light of PPP scandals and damning reviews by Scotland’s National Public Audit Agency, the Scottish government has developed new versions of PPP models, instead of exploring real alternatives to them

 

In: History RePPPeated II; Why Public-Prviate Partnerships Are Not the Solution, pp 19-21

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