How did UK government spend £1.4 billion on management consultants?

How did the UK government spend £1.4 billion on management consultants? Government spending on management consultants rose by over £150m during Labour's first year in office, despite the party's manifesto pledge to halve the amount departments dish out to third-party advisers, City AM can reveal. Total spending on management consultancy contracts totalled £1.44bn during the first 12 months of the government's four-year term, up from £1.28bn the year before, according to data from public sector contract platform Tussell. The jump in spending has left the government's pre-election pledge to crack down on what it branded "the excessive use" of the sector in jeopardy, and is further evidence of civil servants' proclivity to lean on corporate advisers to help manage key government projects. Read the latest political stories here 👇 https://www.cityam.com/category/politics/ Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cityam Produced by: Ali Lyon, Scarlett Wild, Emmanuel Nwosu