Since the 1990s Scotland has been using Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to fund public infrastructure projects. This scheme – in its various forms over the years (PFI, NPD, HUB) – has emulated our throw away culture as it saddles taxpayers with expensive, low quality & short-lived buildings which create unnecessary carbon emissions every time they […]
Kelvingrove Art Gallery – The Mortgaging of Public Buildings by Craig Dalzell
The wake of the Equal Pay scandal in Scottish Local Authorities has resulted – rightly – in significant compensation payments from Councils to the women affected by underpayment over many years. The cost to Glasgow of these settlements has been calculated at £700 million and the Council has decided to raise much this money by […]
History RePPPeated 2 – Why Public-Private Partnerships are not the solution
We are proud to feature in a vital report published by Eurodad today where they outline that using public-private partnerships (PPPs) to deliver public services is having a devastating impact on communities and the planet. “History RePPPeated II: Why public-private partnerships are not the solution” features seven in-depth investigations into PPPs across a range of […]
Debt Justice for Sri Lanka Fundraising Events
We’re excited to invite you to our three fundraising events as we take part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge between the 29th Nov- 6th Dec. We would love you to join us! We have been accepted for matched funding so anything we raise will be doubled by our generous pledgers up to £2,000! The profits […]
A Just and Green Recovery for Scotland
Jubilee Scotland is part of a new campaign to Build Back Better. As we begin to recover from the devastating impacts of Coronavirus, we have a chance to transform our society for the better. The outbreak of COVID-19 has reminded us what is really important – looking after each other and our communities, our health […]
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 […]
It’s time for a Scottish National Investment Bank
This article was written by Laurie Macfarlane from New Economics Foundation. Investment – both by the private sector and by government – is crucial to the long term economic, social and environmental health of any economy. As part of the UK, Scotland has a longstanding problem of underinvestment relative to other countries. The percentage of GDP invested in […]
LOBO Loans a Low-Blow to Struggling Local Authorities
This week has been awash with news on the Scottish debt problem. Put simply every year Scottish Local Authorities are forced to allocate on average 42% of their income from council tax to servicing debts, many of them procured since 2008. The problem is not that local authorities have been borrowing to finance large scale […]
Scotland 2013 and Beyond
A platform to discuss the key guiding principles and values that should shape Scotland’s international development role. By Alice Picard, Jubilee Scotland Volunteer (All posts are the views of the author, not Jubilee Scotland as an organisation) “Scotland 2013 and Beyond: Our values and principles for a just world” was organised by NIDOS, Network of […]