I am 26 and have 18 months experience working in a Programme Office (Programme coordinator) for the public sector (central government). I was looking to move into consultancy eventually anyway after building up more experience, however redundancies will be announced soon and this may be cut short. Have I potentially got enough experience to apply for Consultancy roles?Is it better to go for experienced roles or for graduate programmes?

I would have thought you have enough experience to avoid the grad programmes- you won't get a full'C' role, I wouldn't have thought, but I'm sure, if you aim for the right practises you could go in as a CA/Associate/whatever that particular firmcalls it. In PA,I'd suggest you apply to GSD and PMP