# Burnham’s plan to ‘end neoliberalism’ includes involvement of US firm linked to Gaza aid site massacres

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/burnhams-plan-to-end-neoliberalism-includes-involvement-of-us-firm-linked-to-gaza-aid-site-massacres/
- Published: 2026-11-10T15:55:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T20:52:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Middle East Eye (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/burnhams-plan-end-neoliberalism-includes-hiring-us-firm-linked-gaza-aid-site-massacres
- Topics: Americas, Government, Middle East, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Burnham’s 10-year plan will receive input from BCG.
- BCG’s past Gaza work has prompted criticism.
- The firm modelled $5 billion in proposed relocation packages.

## Summary

Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government has hired Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to provide a consultant for its 10-year plan, which Burnham has said is intended to “end neoliberalism”. The appointment has drawn criticism because BCG worked with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an aid organisation whose distribution sites were associated with deadly shootings of Palestinians seeking assistance.

BCG helped establish the foundation and supported a related security company before distancing itself from the work. The article reports that BCG was paid more than $4 million for a seven-month project and modelled a proposal under which more than 500,000 Palestinians might leave Gaza with packages worth $9,000 each, about $5 billion in total. BCG later said the projects had been run secretly, expressed shock and outrage, and began an internal investigation; Labour MP Clive Lewis and Green Party leader Zack Polanski have also criticised the government’s choice.

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