Brexit bonanza for management consultants as the government hands out contracts worth £180million to six multi-nationals despite pleas from ministers to cut reliance on outside help More than £88million has been spent over the past two years on Brexit contracts Now six £30m contracts have gone to large consultancy and accountancy firms McKinsey, Bain and … Read more
Top doctor shortage is risking ‘catastrophe’: Hospitals urgently need more consultants as they face huge backlog of treatment, medical union warns British Medical Association has warned of a huge backlog of treatments Problem exacerbated by consultants retiring early over workload and morale BMA recommends bringing in more medical students and making proper use of retired doctors … Read more
Test & trace consultants are paid £7,360 a DAY: Fury as private sector company is handed cash equivalent of £1.5 million annual salary for coronavirus tracking Amount has been condemned as ‘disgraceful’ use of taxpayer cash in pandemic The £12bn scheme is seen as vital to the Government’s pandemic response Senior executives from Boston Consulting … Read more
Minister demands Whitehall slashes £1.5BILLION bill for private consultants because the ‘infantilised’ Civil Service is ‘too reliant’ on them for help tackling Covid and Brexit Cabinet Office and Treasury minister Lord Agnew wrote to civil service chiefs Leaked letter showed he said civil service is ‘too reliant’ on private consultants He called for spending to … Read more
Struggling test and trace programme now forced to bring in super-management consultants from KPMG to try and get back on track Government is preparing to draft in a new team to bolster the £10billion scheme Consultants are expected to start within 72 hours and remain for six months It comes as Boris Johnson sounded Covid … Read more