Arms-length bodies, which form a major part of the quango state, directly cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of pounds a ...

The Government said the reforms would mean there were ‘stronger rules, fewer quangos and clearer lines of accountability’.

A Conservative Government would make quangos more democratically accountable, David Cameron announced today as he unveiled a review of publicly-funded independent bodies to determine which should ...

Quangos, which are publicly funded advisory and regulatory bodies, are a popular target for politicians and newspapers in Britain. All three main political parties in this year's general election ...

We need (some) quangos Pakistan will never progress if everything is left to the government; people must take responsibility, get involved. Yaqoob Khan Bangash September 17, 2012 ...

Over 190 quangos - organisations funded by government but not run by it - are to either be abolished or have their functions taken over by the government or other ...

Scotland’s quangos are spending more than £120 million a year on public relations and external consultants, raising wide-ranging questions about their stewardship and accountability at a time ...

Head of the Work Foundation issues details of government review, but idea of 20:1 maximum pay multiple is dropped DCMS told it failed to carry out reliable financial analysis of costs and savings ...

Quangos are deliberately designed to be at an arm's length from government and political interference. In many cases, that makes perfect sense and, while often derided, ‘quasi-autonomous, non ...

The Department for Culture axed projects and quangos without fully assessing how much it would cost to do so, the National Audit Office says.

Quangos tasked with deciding farmers' futures allowing staff to work from other side of the world. Story by Guy Adams and Ryan Hooper • 6d.