Streetlight replacement

[chameleon]

Leeds-lad wrote: chameleon wrote: This popped up on the BBC site today - alot not to be said for PFI.....but most of us (unless you're a shareholder perhaps!) know that:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-15219798 Glad you posted that chameleon.Southern Electric went back to the Council crying the poor tale a couple of years back.These PFI companies take over all the running costs to various servicesthe Councils then transfer employees to the companies,leaving themselves at the mercy of the new supplier.A few years later they have the council by the short and curlies leaving that council to fork out the extra cash. The same thing happened again in Leeds when Connaught went bust. Same with the NHS building programme - and I'm sure we'll see a lot more.