quango
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The government has already announced plans to fold another quango, the Payments Systems Regulator, into the Financial Conduct Authority.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
Mr Cridland's quango Transport for the North is due to publish its first report soon.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2016
In 1981, a quango, the London Docklands Development Corporation, was set up to shape its future.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2015
The deal between government and the Canal and River Trust is “astonishingly far sighted,” says Simon Thurley, the head of English Heritage, a quango that is undergoing its own separation from Whitehall.
From Economist ● Dec. 17, 2014
The quango is already responsible for taxpayer holdings in such businesses as Royal Mail, Channel 4, Eurostar and the Royal Mint.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2013
Several, including the SNP, have suggested cutting the number of "quangos" - arm's length public bodies.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
The last major shake-up was under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, when a "bonfire of the quangos" scrapped nearly a third of them, including the Audit Commission and the UK Film Council.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
Asked last month if the government was planning another "bonfire of the quangos", Downing Street said the PM wanted to see a more "active and agile state", rather than "outsourcing" decisions to other bodies.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
A government source said the review had no completion date, and ministers had not set a target for how many quangos, or quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations, they wanted to abolish.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
The BBC has been told ministers are considering passing a new law that would make it easier to scrap multiple quangos at once.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
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