quango

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

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

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 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