UK Government to Pay KPMG and EY up to £456mn to Train Civil Servants

UK government to pay KPMG and EY up to £456mn to train civil servants

Deal marks largest contract awarded to Big Four firms in at least a decade

Labour’s £456m Consultant Deal Puts Spending Pledge Under Scrutiny

EY and KPMG could receive up to £456 million for civil service training.KPMG will receive up to £319 million, while EY will get up to £137 million.The contracts come as Labour works to rebuild the National School of Government.Why is the government paying private accountancy firms hundreds of millions of pounds to train its own civil servants?That is the question raised by a new £456 million government contract awarded to EY and KPMG, less than …

Cabinet Office awards £456m training contract to KPMG and EY

The deal follows a 2024 pledge by former prime minister Sir Keir Starmer to halve spending on external consultants

KPMG and EY secure civil servants training contract in UK

The UK Government has awarded a contract worth up to £456m to consultancy companies KPMG and EY to train civil servants, the Financial Times (FT) reported, citing data from government procurement tracker Tussell. Under the arrangement, EY and KPMG will train officials across various skills areas including AI between 2026 and 2028. The deal is said to be the largest single contract awarded to ‘Big Four’ companies since Tussell started tracking re…