The government’s love affair with consultants has blossomed in the railway sector where its spending on consultancy work has tripled to £39m over the past two years.
The figure compares with £13m between 1999 and 2001.
Much of the blame is attributed to the cost of pulling the plug on Railtrack although the Liberal Democrats contest this.
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