Consulting firms offer concessions in Trump spending clampdown

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Consulting firms have offered to cut back US government contracts, limit price rises and shift to performance-based fees, after the Trump administration demanded they prove taxpayers were getting value for money.

Three of the 10 large consultancies that faced a Monday evening deadline to submit money-saving proposals offered a menu of options that could cut at least $15bn…