Halve consultancy spending, saving £700m a year
“It will work with departments to halve consultancy spending and save over £700m annually by 2028/29.”
- Promised
Where it stands
"It" in the quote is a new central Insourcing Unit, which the statement says the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet is setting up to coordinate departments' insourcing. The statement does not give the baseline year that the halving and the saving are measured from. The card moves on the government's reported consultancy spending for 2028-29.
What has happened
- Oct 2026The Cabinet Office says a new Insourcing Unit will work with departments to halve consultancy spending and save over £700m a year by 2028-29, Promised
- Mar 2029Consultancy spending halved, saving over £700m a year, due by 2028-29, Deadline
About the cost
A saving, not a cost: over £700m a year by 2028-29, by the government's figure.
More detail
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