Exclusive: UK govt is paying management consultants the equivalent of million and a half pound salaries to work on Test & Trace.
I’ve seen documents showing senior staff from Boston Consulting Group are being paid day rates of around £7k, equivalent to £1.5m on an annual basis.

The docs show some BCG consultants charging day rates of £7,360.
They’ve given govt a “COVID discount” of 10-15%.
That works out at £6.6k a day - equivalent to £1.5m a year.
In a single week govt is paying these senior consultants more than they pay an experienced nurse in a year

I’ve also uncovered documents showing that far from scaling down its reliance on private sector consultants, the govt has created a further 200 roles for consultants to work on the moonshot testing system. Among the recipients:
Deloitte: 84 new roles
KPMG: 50
EY: 31

Here’s the full story, now up on the @skynews website. The government is paying senior executives from private sector management consulting firms day rates of £7,000. More than any other state worker (I think including @GaryLineker): https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-test-and-trace-consultants-paid-equivalent-of-1-5m-salary-12104028