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An off-balance sheet scam to write off

ANALYSIS: PFI allowed public borrowing to remain hidden. No longer. By Iain Macwhirter

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heraldscotland staff

THE Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its twin Public Private Partnerships (PPP) were products of the great credit binge of the 1990s.