Councils should refuse contractors who ask for extra fees to make changes to their private-finance initiative deals, a watchdog has urged. Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, Edward Leigh, urged the public sector to deny contractors 'unjustified' additional fees for changing the terms of the deal, suggesting that alterations of more than ￡100,000 be subject to competition, and that the Government should provide guidance on what prices were reasonable for common, minor changes to projects.
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