Schools & hospitals: Election Battleground no2

2005-04-22T00:00:00+01:00

Ambitious programmes of school and hospital building have been cornerstones of the Labour governments education and health policies. Building casts a critical eye over how successful those multibillion-pound programmes have been, looks at the key manifesto pledges of the three main parties and finds out what surveyors think of the PFI.

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Schools & hospitals: Election Battleground no2

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