Publisher:
Jubilee Scotland
Alternative Published Date
2022
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Report
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4pp
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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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