Private Consultants' £3.4bn Spending

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‘Scandalous’ £3.4bn UK state spending on private consultants last year

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Government spending on private consultants was 1.3bn ( 62% ) higher in 2023-24 than 2019-20.

Surge in consultant spending seen during Covid has failed to come back down to pre-pandemic levels.

Since Labour won power, nearly 650 m of new government contracts to consultants have been awarded.

Government is taking action to stop non-essential government spending on external consultants.

A government source said: “We are taking immediate action to tackle the 22bn black hole in the public finances this year’ This year was left because of the recklessness of the previous government,’s source said.

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