Tangentially, Burnham has a long history with these sorts of public-sector private vampires, having been up to his neck in PFI (of "£200 to change a lightbulb" fame) in his stint leading the NHS.

eg.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jun/28/labour-debt-peter...

https://doctorsforthenhs.org.uk/the-truth-about-the-lies-tha...

etc