making isel reso ible for it, £500m needed (on one estimate) to tackle the problem of schools waiting in the top priority bracket.
The obvious glee with which Martin McGuinness sits behind his new ministerial desk has blinded him to the real problems that PPPs are piling up, and which are the price for the photo-opportunities provided to him in opening new privatised schools.
Trade union research shows that the running costs of such projects, the cost of paying the private sector for building and running the school, will put severe pressure on education budgets.
Allyson Pollock, professor of public policy at University College London, argues of similar schemes in England that "buy-now-payEnglish language magazine of the Fourth International Subscribe now - and save • 25% if you are a new reader! Il issues by airmail for just • £30. • Send cheque to IVP, PO Box 112
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