Deloitte’s consultancy arm has agreed to not bid for government contracts for half a year following an argument with Prime Minister, Theresa May, over a leaked Brexit memo in November 2016
Deloitte has attempted to make amends with government saying that it ‘regrets the publication of the two-page note, and has apologised for the unintended disruption’.
The firm claims that the memo was meant for internal audiences and was not from a Deloitte point of view.
The memo, which was written by a consultant working for Deloitte and appeared in The Times, claimed that the government would need an extra 30,000 civil servants to deal with the workload and that over 500 projects were underway to implement Brexit.
Deloitte issued the following statement: 'Deloitte regrets the publication of the two-page note, and has apologised for the unintended disruption it caused Government. The note was for internal audiences and was not a Deloitte point of view. We have put forward a plan for working with Central Government to put this matter behind us.'
A spokesperson for May called the memo ‘unsolicited’ and confirmed that the government had not been involved.
Deloitte were accused of ‘touting for business’ and former work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, said the firm should lose all government contracts.
