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11/02/2005
Many quangos are 'useless', survey says
Many of the UK's 529 quangos, which receive billions of pounds of taxpayers' money, are useless, according to a new report.
The Essential Guide to British Quangos, by Dan Lewis, states that the current Labour government have created at least 111 of the non-departmental public bodies, since they came to power in 1997. The report also suggested that several quangos merely duplicated work that was already carried out by other organisations.
The report, which is published by the Efficiency in Government Unit, highlighted some of the most useless quangos, such as the British Potato Council, the Football Licensing Authority and the Wine Standards Board.
Mr Lewis has called for a public inquiry into regional development agencies, which, he said, cost £1.8 billion a year.
The report has been welcomed by the Conservatives Shadow Deregulation Secretary, John Redwood, who called it a "lucid guide to the labyrinth of the quango state" He said: "This research endorses our policy of destroying unwanted and unnecessary quangos and slimming down the rest. Their list of 529 quangos, 111 established under this present government, shows just how massive this activity now is."
Mr Redwood said that a Conservative government would axe 162 quangos, in order to create "a more efficient and accountable government". He said: "That is the way to deliver lower taxes and more democracy to public life."
(KmcA)
The Essential Guide to British Quangos, by Dan Lewis, states that the current Labour government have created at least 111 of the non-departmental public bodies, since they came to power in 1997. The report also suggested that several quangos merely duplicated work that was already carried out by other organisations.
The report, which is published by the Efficiency in Government Unit, highlighted some of the most useless quangos, such as the British Potato Council, the Football Licensing Authority and the Wine Standards Board.
Mr Lewis has called for a public inquiry into regional development agencies, which, he said, cost £1.8 billion a year.
The report has been welcomed by the Conservatives Shadow Deregulation Secretary, John Redwood, who called it a "lucid guide to the labyrinth of the quango state" He said: "This research endorses our policy of destroying unwanted and unnecessary quangos and slimming down the rest. Their list of 529 quangos, 111 established under this present government, shows just how massive this activity now is."
Mr Redwood said that a Conservative government would axe 162 quangos, in order to create "a more efficient and accountable government". He said: "That is the way to deliver lower taxes and more democracy to public life."
(KmcA)
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