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Futures trust under the spotlight Futures trust under the spotlight
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The organisation set up to drive forward investment in schools and hospitals will come under the spotlight at Holyrood later. The organisation set up to drive forward investment in schools and hospitals has come under the spotlight at Holyrood.
Labour will complain that the board of the Scottish Futures Trust has met just twice in seven months. Labour complained that the board of the Scottish Futures Trust has met just twice in seven months.
But ministers are expected to say it is hard at work developing new ways of streamlining investment in Scotland. But ministers said it was hard at work developing new ways of streamlining investment in Scotland.
The Futures Trust is designed to replace the Public Private Partnership (PPP) system of capital investment.The Futures Trust is designed to replace the Public Private Partnership (PPP) system of capital investment.
SNP ministers have attacked PPP/PFI methods of private finance as costly.SNP ministers have attacked PPP/PFI methods of private finance as costly.
'Not changed'
But speaking to BBC Radio Scotland, Labour's Andy Kerr said: "Their alternative to PPP simply isn't there.But speaking to BBC Radio Scotland, Labour's Andy Kerr said: "Their alternative to PPP simply isn't there.
"What we know about it and it's pretty scant, the critics of PPP have simply called it, as has John Swinney, the family of PPP.""What we know about it and it's pretty scant, the critics of PPP have simply called it, as has John Swinney, the family of PPP."
"Therefore they've not changed anything in relation to the project."Therefore they've not changed anything in relation to the project.
"What they've done is they've sacrificed jobs and indeed schools and hospitals at the alter of their own political dogma.""What they've done is they've sacrificed jobs and indeed schools and hospitals at the alter of their own political dogma."
Mr Swinney, also speaking to BBC Radio Scotland said: What the Scottish Futures Trust is designed to do is to bring aggregation into the different projects that we take forward to deliver greater value for the public purse.Mr Swinney, also speaking to BBC Radio Scotland said: What the Scottish Futures Trust is designed to do is to bring aggregation into the different projects that we take forward to deliver greater value for the public purse.
"And of course that greater value is essential because of some of the projects that Mr Kerr and his colleagues have left with us as a legacy.""And of course that greater value is essential because of some of the projects that Mr Kerr and his colleagues have left with us as a legacy."
'Working hard' Labour claimed the Scottish Futures Trust's board had no business plan and no chief executive, although one should be appointed soon.
Later Labour will continue the attack, complaining that the Scottish Futures Trust's board has rarely met and has no business plan in place.
It also has no chief executive, although one should be appointed soon.
But SNP ministers are expected to argue that the trust is working hard.
And they will dismiss claims that Scotland's building trade is being unfairly damaged.
They will say that the decline in construction in Scotland is less than in England and Wales.