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Government wastes £££s on US Brexit consultants

by Sam Tobin

THE government was accused yesterday of diverting much-needed cash from the NHS following revelations that its Brexit department had given almost £100,000 to US consultancy firms — before negotiations have even begun.

The Department for Exiting the EU has paid as much as £79,000 to five employees from Boston Consulting Group and Accenture since the July referendum, a Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request by the Press Association showed.

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