Trump administration to expand blitz against spending on consultants

The Trump administration is widening its assault against government spending on consultants, after an Elon Musk-led cost-cutting drive triggered the cancellation of dozens of contracts and threatened hundreds more.

Ten of the largest US consultants have been told that they have until Friday to justify billions of dollars of ongoing projects for the federal government, and officials told the Financial Times they planned to expand the number of targeted firms in the coming weeks.

An FT analysis…