quango

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Sir Keir Starmer axed the biggest quango, NHS England, last month and Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden is currently reviewing hundreds of quangos in a bid to reduce bureaucratic waste and inefficiency.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

The meeting follows the government abolishing NHS England, the world's biggest quango - short for a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation - last week.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025

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