1/ The Governments reaction to COVID has been fantastic for public sector outsource firms, who provide “insights” and expensive solutions.

The lazy reliance on consultants and the mismanagement of seemingly endless funds from the taxpayer to these firms, is a scandal.
#COVID19
2/ 1,114 consultants from Deloitte are paid up to £2,300 per day to work on Track and Trace

£12 billion (1/10th of the annual NHS budget) spent with
Deloitte
Serco
Sitel
Mitie
Amazon
G4S
Sodexo
Boots
Randox

To provide a world beating track and trace system, er...
3/ The UK spent a total of £2.6bn on 8 consultancies between 2016 and 2020

Deloitte
EY
PWC
PA Consulting
Then some more of our cash on US advisors
McKinsey
Bain
Boston Consulting Group
SERCO

What is the measure of success? how is that calculated?
4/ £1.5bn, has been spent on consultants in 2020 So far, PwC received £180m for Public Sector work.
Ernst & Young, KPMG and Deloitte earned £361m between them
5/ During COVID The government has spent £175m on "management" consultants so far (different from the other ones apparently). With the largest sums predictably going to

PwC - £24m
Deloitte - £23m
McKinsey - £560,000 to advise on “Vision, Purpose & Narrative”

what?
6/ Boston Consulting Group, charged £10m for 4 mths for 40 consultants to work on test and trace. Plus a further £18.3m for COVID 19 "work"

The biggest winner is SERCO who won contracts worth up to £410million with the Department of Health and Social Care.

Shares all up obvs!
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