Public Sector Management Consulting Market Analysis: Can Labour slash consultancy costs?

Update: a new 2025 version of this report is available to download here.

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UK public sector procurement spending on consultants has increased by 57% between FY19/20 - FY23/24.

Now, Rachel Reeves has promised to reduce reliance on external consultancy in an effort to diminish spending.

Tussell's new public sector consultancy report takes a picture of the 2024 consultancy market and asks how easy it will be for Labour to cut ties and reduce spending.

Our analysis looks at:

• The size, growth and trends in the public sector consultancy market 

• Which suppliers are billing most, and which buyers are spending most of consultancy

• What the NHS and local government picture looks like

• How consultancy companies are winning work with the government

• What sort of consulting work the public sector are actually paying for

• How many ongoing long-term consultancy contracts the government is already locked into

• ... and much more!

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