Headteachers’ outcry as hundreds of schools face soaring contract bills as they are locked in ‘rigid’ PFI deals
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More than 900 schools in England were built through Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts – which can last up to 30 years and whose costs go up by the Retail Price index.