quango
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She said the responses showed the quango needed greater diversity in its board, staff and the projects it funded.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
In all, 315 quango chief executives received a higher salary, with the top three being Channel 4's on £619,000, the chief executive of HS2 on £618,195, and head of Network Rail on £588,000.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
