Tuesday 20 May 2008

Polly shoots and misses

Good old Polly Toynbee has an article today about the state of the Labour party

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/

In the article she writes this

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Yet there at Eagle Bridge stands a magnificent huge new health centre just opened, with 18 GPs and myriad specialist clinics. When people ask where has the tax money gone, here's the answer: more and better staff in buildings so fine that 10 years ago you'd have sworn they must be private, not state.
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Now I'm no expert on the financing of these contracts however a quick google reveals

http://www.cecpct.nhs.uk/upload/Documents/News%20-%20Press%20Releases/

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The Honourable Gwyneth Dunwoody MP cut the ribbon and officially welcomed the new £10million health development by Assura Property.
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ssura forward funded the purchase of the site on Dunwoody Way in 2006 and the subsequent development
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http://www.assuraproperty.co.uk/faqs.aspx

Now does this not mean that the tax payer money has actually not funded this project? and that it is actually privately financed?

Which begs the question - where has all the tax gone?

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