Council says they are withholding payment and preparing major compensation claim after being forced to shut 17 PFI-built schools over safety fearsEdinburgh council is refusing to pay the latest private finance initiative charges for the 17 schools shut down over safety fears,in a sharp escalation of the controversy over the potentially uncertain buildings.
With thousands of schoolchildren and teachers facing weeks of further disruption, council officials said on Wednesday they were withholding the latest £1.5m instalment of the private finance charge, and invoking its legal rights under the PFI contract.
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Source: theguardian.com