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PFI 'not value for money'

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The Treasury's decision to pump an extra £2bn of taxpayers' money into recession-hit Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects is "throwing good money after bad," says the public sector union Unison. Chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym reports on how the recession has affected the government's PFI plans and Dave Prentis, General Secretary of Unison discusses his criticisms of PFI.

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