quango

It heard that the quango was "too bureaucratic" and had a narrow interpretation of the opportunities in its remit.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

The publicly-owned quango said it was committed to "deliver the right solutions in the most sustainable way" for the Firth of Forth.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2021

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

However, early plans to involve the Shareholder Executive investment quango in a rescue of UK Coal were ultimately ditched.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2013

Reform said the party was conducting an audit of quangos to decide which ones should be abolished, returned to central government or retained in their current form.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

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 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

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

But some quangos that scrutinise the government or protect the rule of law will remain unaffected.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025