Consultancy linked to Trump's Gaza plans hired to advise on UK's 10-year strategy: Report

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Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a US consultancy linked to President Donald Trump's controversial proposals for Gaza, has been hired to advise on the UK government's 10-year strategy, local media reported Monday. The Times reported that the firm had been brought in to help develop the long-term plan, which could be scaled back from its original ambitions and delayed until the new year rather than unveiled in December. BCG has faced criticism over its reported involvement in Trump's proposal to transform Gaza into a so-called "Riviera of the Middle East," which critics have condemned as a plan to displace Palestinians.

The consultancy was also involved in establishing the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israel- and US-backed aid organization accused of facilitating attacks on Palestinians seeking food. Green Party leader Zack Polanski called for BCG's removal from the government's planning process. He said in a statement: “Aside from an obvious point that you don’t appoint companies like the Boston Consulting Group if you have any actual intention of ending 40 years of neoliberalism, Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ blueprint is clear ethnic cleansing and the idea that Andy Burnham has invited these people into the heart of Downing Street shows contempt for the victims of the genocide."

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The article never says that BCG distanced itself from the Gaza work after it came to light. Other coverage reports that the firm fired several employees, said the projects were "run secretly" and opened an internal investigation. Without this, a reader is not told how the firm itself responded to the criticism the article reports.

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Middle East Eye reported“BCG fired several employees, said the projects were “run secretly”, expressed its "shock and outrage", and launched an internal investigation.”Burnham's plan to 'end neoliberalism' includes involvement of US firm linked to Gaza aid site massacres (opens in a new tab)

The UK government told Politico that BCG's involvement was limited to a single consultant providing “specific specialist advice.”

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Anadolu Agency reports that Boston Consulting Group has been hired to advise on the UK government's 10-year strategy. It credits The Times and Politico, and it gives both Zack Polanski's objection and the government's reply. It leaves out that BCG distanced itself from its Gaza projects, firing several employees and opening an internal investigation, as other coverage of the same story reported.

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The article never says that BCG distanced itself from the Gaza work after it came to light. Other coverage reports that the firm fired several employees, said the projects were "run secretly" and opened an internal investigation. Without this, a reader is not told how the firm itself responded to the criticism the article reports.
How we know
- Middle East Eye reported“BCG fired several employees, said the projects were “run secretly”, expressed its "shock and outrage", and launched an internal investigation.”Burnham's plan to 'end neoliberalism' includes involvement of US firm linked to Gaza aid site massacres (opens in a new tab)
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What it gets right

“which critics have condemned as a plan to displace Palestinians”
It names the Palestinians as the people the "Riviera" proposal would displace, rather than leaving them out of the story.
“local media reported Monday”
The headline's "Report" tag and this opening attribution make clear the hiring is reported by The Times, not stated as the agency's own finding.
“The UK government told Politico that BCG's involvement was limited to a single consultant”
It gives the government's account of the scale of BCG's role alongside the criticism, so the reader has both.

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Middle East EyeBurnham's plan to 'end neoliberalism' includes involvement of US firm linked to Gaza aid site massacres (opens in a new tab)

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