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AGM 20/06/2019

Jubilee Scotland would like to thank everyone who came along to the 2019 Annual General Meeting on 20th of June! During the meeting we presented the annual accounts, discussed work undertaken during the past year and looked at the year ahead of us. Thank you for joining us for the AGM and thank you… Take Action
The Issue

What does debt justice mean? Which countries owe money to the UK? Hasn’t debt cancellation already happened? Find out more about the problems of global debt here.
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Sign the debt justice pledge

Our Debt Justice Pledge is a way for individuals and organisations to show their support for and end to unfair and unpayable debt, and a change in unjust global economic systems.
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Local-National Partnerships : A new model for Scotland

Lessons from a failed system Our schools are collapsing, hospitals are being failed and yet there’s more money being spent on them than ever, with nobody around to be held accountable. That’s the situation that our country has found itself in after years of contracts forged by Public Private Partnerships. Our infrastructure is costing taxpayers… Take Action
Campaigns

Find out the latest developments in our campaigns for debt justice, and how you can get involved and take action!
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Questioning the Scottish government’s approach to Private Finance

The launch of our report Last month at the Scottish Parliament we launched our report ‘Rethinking Private Financing’, the culmination of work from Jubilee Scotland over the past year researching PPP & PFI schemes. You can download and read it here. The launch was hosted by Neil Findlay MSP, who spoke to us about how… Take Action
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Our Report for change – Rethinking Private Financing of Scottish Public Projects

In the midst of a windy day on the 29th of January 2016, the side of Oxgangs School in Edinburgh collapsed. A large section of the gable wall came crashing down with nine tonnes of bricks falling across the path below. An independent report concluded that it was “a matter of timing and luck” that… Take Action
Harvesting debt: the failures of NPDs

This article is written by Emma Saunders for Jubilee Scotland. It is an introduction to her thesis ‘Harvesting Debt: Hub South-East Scotland, Austerity and Public Procurement’ which explores the topic further. Emma was studying MSc by Research in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh and has since completed this. ————————————————————————————————————————————— On the 21st of November, two weeks… Take Action
On the street with our Xmas Campaign

How much would you pay someone to put up a Christmas tree? We took to the streets of Edinburgh this week to ask people this to demonstrate the disproportionate costs that come with Private Finance Initiatives. Under a complex and unfair PFI contract, Alistair Darling had to pay £900 for the UK Treasury’s Xmas tree. This… Take Action

The economic history of PFI – as a guide on how to end it

At our report launch last month, one of our key speakers was Helen Mercer, whose expertise on Private Finance Initiative schemes made a huge contribution to our research. She talked to us about how we got into this mess and why this is a systemic problem caused by our governments, that can only be solved […]

Dexter Whitfield recommends that Holyrood stops all MIM projects

We are so grateful that we were able to have Dexter Whitfield with us last month at the launch of our report, ‘Rethinking Private Financing’. The influence of his research can be seen all throughout it so it is an honour to be able to have one of the leading experts of this area come […]

AGM 20/06/2019

The Issue

Sign the debt justice pledge

Local-National Partnerships : A new model for Scotland

Campaigns

Questioning the Scottish government’s approach to Private Finance

Resources

Our Report for change – Rethinking Private Financing of Scottish Public Projects

Harvesting debt: the failures of NPDs

On the street with our Xmas Campaign

From our Latest Campaign

The economic history of PFI – as a guide on how to end it

Dexter Whitfield recommends that Holyrood stops all MIM projects

Read our latest report, ‘Rethinking Private Financing’

Sign The Debt Justice Pledge Today!

Exposing Private Financing in Scotland

Open the books on PFI!

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Make Poverty History Limited Edition sketch available now!