Dangers of privatisation

The Sunday Herald has today published damning evidence of the dangers of handing over public services to private firms.

FoI requests show that the taxpayer is spending £4.8bn for sewage plants that cost £600m to build. And they don't even work properly. They have been plagued by a series of mechanical failures, leaks and bad smells. Their performances have been so poor that Scottish Water has imposed financial penalties totalling £7.5m on PFI operators.

The irony is that these plants are run by the very same multi-national companies who want to take over Scottish Water.