o/t Government "Bonfire of the Quangos"

[marky No.1]

Looks like up to 180 of them are ready for the scrapheap, some may be privatised.

List includes B.B.C. World Service, Environment Agency and the Human Rights Commission

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010 ... pound-bill

[Heysham_Shrimp]

please tell me that the Race Relations Board and Equal Opportunities Commission are in that list.

[marky No.1]

please tell me that the Race Relations Board and Equal Opportunities Commission are in that list.

It's yet another leaked document :

The list suggests 180 quangos will be abolished, 124 merged, 56 retained subject to "substantial reform" and a further 282 retained. Another 100 bodies, including the tourism advisory groups Visit Britain and Visit England, are yet to be agreed, according to the letter.

Among those listed for abolition are the Olympic Park Legacy Company, responsible for planning what happens to the Olympic site after the 2012 Games, the Advisory Committee on Organic Standards and Cycling England - whose functions will be transferred elsewhere.



Postcom and Ofcom are proposed for merger as, are UK Sport and Sport England and the Gambling Commission and National Lottery Commission.

The future of the Student Loans Company, UK Atomic Energy Agency, Central Office of Information, the Carbon Trust and the Environment Agency are yet to be decided, according to the document.

And under the proposals the The School Food Trust would have its status changed to an independent charity, Ofsted and the Food Standards Agency would be kept but subject to "substantial reform".

The Daily Telegraph has published a different, undated list of 177 quangos to be axed.

A spokeswoman for the Cabinet Office would not comment on the leaks but said the government had "made it clear that it is committed to radically increasing accountability and improving efficiency".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11403044

Looks like a lot of stuff is taking a hit, including Sport

If you go to the Central Office Information website to find the list of casualties, it has broken down!

"Sorry, the website of the Central Office of Information (COI) currently has a technical problem."

[bigreddog]

please tell me that the Race Relations Board and Equal Opportunities Commission are in that list.

quick clunk as william wilberforce has a turn in his grave.

There are a number of these bodies that were offering nothing positive or acting simply as a conduit for money and getting in the way. I'm afraid some are being thrown in as a matter of convenience as dogma is dressed in the clothing of cost cutting.

still got the comprehensive spending review to go yet though.

[durhamshrimp]

Some of these choices are a bit short sighted. Bit like the [language Timothy] idiots who voted for the Tories in the first place.

[Christies Child]

Some of these choices are a bit short sighted. Bit like the [language Timothy] idiots who voted for the Tories in the first place.

Maybe if Labour had told us where their cuts would have been then a comparison could be made.....but of course they didn't and now will not!