The authors explain how the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has raised the costs of infrastructure development in the health service. They demonstrate that the assumption that higher capital costs would be offset by savings resulting from the involvement of the private sector is wrong—rather,...

The Coalition's record on working age social security is reviewed under the headings of continuity (with the policies of the previous government), retrenchment and reform. Under continuity, the Coalition's decision to proceed with the previous government's planned reassessment of incapacity...