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Money Wasted On Consultants Is A Scandal - Cable

10.35.34am BST (GMT +0100) Tue 19th Jun 2007

Vincent Cable MP speaking in Parliament

Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable MP

Commenting on today's Public Accounts Committee report into central government's use of consultants, which has found huge amounts of money being wasted, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable MP said: "This is a scandal which has been widely recognised for several years, but which the Government has still done nothing about

"It is very clear that the excessive use of consultants is driven not merely by laziness but by the excessively close relationships between some government departments and the consultancy industry.

"We need greater transparency so that once consultancy agreements have been reached the details are published and not hidden behind commercial secrecy."

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