OK own up - who was this?

[Jog On]

Departments spent £1bn on consultants

You lot with yer fancy cars and BTL empires on here boasting about how much money you've got....

[Mich the Tester]

...departments should ... develop "core" skills among their own staff.

...who will take all the training you throw at them then bugger off and become consultants charging umpty quid an hour.

[TykeMerc]

It said departments should negotiate more fixed price contracts and develop "core" skills among their own staff.

The inevitable full circle after years of contracting "non core" services out and off shoring. Predictable and predicted by many.

[DimPrawn]

Another reason to vote Labour.

The Cabinet Office says spending on consultants dropped 46% in the months after the election.