quango
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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
Government officials have been facing questions at a Stormont committee over a failure to properly control a quango which collapsed with debts of £1.5m.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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
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
Reform Wales leader has previously claimed that 200 quangos are costing Wales over £135m.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Several, including the SNP, have suggested cutting the number of "quangos" - arm's length public bodies.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 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
Almost 60% of day-to-day government spending is channelled through quangos, with £353.3bn budgeted for them in 2022/23, according to the latest published figures.
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
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