Rachel Reeves regains her ‘trust’ in consultancies
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THE Financial Times (FT) has done the sums and found Labour has quadrupled its use of management consultants in the run-up to the election — this is despite Labour’s Rachel Reeves making a big song and dance about the dangers of relying on management consultants.
Taking the money is a U-turn on three crucial areas: privatisation, tax and regulation.
The FT found: “The opposition party received £287,000 in donations of staff time from consultancy firms in the year to September 2023, up from £72,000 in the prior 12 months, according to Electoral Commission data.”
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