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Director of Transforming Education Sylvia McNamara explains the thinking behind Birmingham City Council's ambitious proposals

Andy Carty, Special Advisor to the European PPP Expertise Centre, explains why the sharing of partnership expertise across borders will make for more effective public spending.

The BSF programme has a target to refurbish and rebuild 200 schools by 2010 but with the current climate is this a big ask and do the professionals believe it can be achieved? Project Datafile asked two major figures involded with BSF their thoughts

Mary Ann Griffiths, Corporate Communications Manager for AirTanker Services, outlines the detail and progress of the largest ever defence PFI project

Councillor Peter Harrand, Leeds City Council's Executive Board Member for Adult Health and Social Care, champions the city's Independent Living Project

The government is aiming to rebuild and refurbish 200 secondary schools by 2020 using the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme. The Luton BSF team explain how their scheme will match the standards of educational attainment

With growing concerns that EU targets are not going to be met with regards to PFI waste projects, David Finlay, Study Director at the National Audit Office (NAO) discusses the repercussions of this for local authorities.

Julia Ridge, BSF Programme Director in Somerset outlines the benefits of the BSF scheme and how it intends on transforming education in the area

With so many projects being delayed by the recent credit crisis the above question has arisen over the last few weeks questioning the ability for PPP projects to meet targets and deliver waste facilities on time. Project Datafile asks industry experts for their views on waste targets and how we can ensure they are met efficiently and at cost?

Ann Pennell, Project Director for Lancashire's BSF programme, provides a summary of the county's £250m of BSF projects