appointments”. On 14 October 2010, the government released a document Public Bodies Reform – Proposals for Change outlining plans for each quango. The document broadly...
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A quango or QUANGO (less often QuANGO or QANGO) is an organisation to which a government has devolved power, but which is still partly controlled and/or...
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National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (category 2010 disestablishments in the United Kingdom)
Communities and Local Government (DC&LG) and was abolished in the 2010 UK quango reforms. Founded in 2006 in response to increasing house prices, lack of...
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Burgess. On 29 June 2010, Defra secretary Caroline Spelman announced the abolition of the Commission as part of the 2010 UK quango reforms. It was formally...
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place for children who live apart from their parents. Under the 2010 UK quango reforms, the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission became the Child...
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National Tenant Voice (category 2010 establishments in the United Kingdom)
July 2010 by the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition government as part of its economic and governmental reforms (2010 UK quango reforms). The...
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to police and licensing authorities. The 2010 UK quango reforms includes the SIA amongst many other quangos the coalition government intended to be disbanded...
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prisons was also reduced. A number of quangos were abolished, merged or reduced as a result of the 2010 UK quango reforms. In spite of the hopes of proponents...
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abolished or merged in the 2010 UK quango reforms. SCIE continues to maintain Social Care Online (originally launched in 2005) - the UK's biggest database of...
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Environment (Northern Ireland) 2010 UK quango reforms BBC, 22 July 2010, UK government axes its sustainability watchdog UK Government, 1999 A better quality...
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supported by a small secretariat team provided by DEFRA. Under the 2010 UK quango reforms, the Darwin Advisory Council will be reconstituted as a committee...
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to members and officers on the Code of Conduct. As part of the 2010 UK quango reforms, the board ceased to function on 31 January 2012 and was formally...
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Metrication in the United Kingdom (redirect from Metrication in the UK)
where they fell. In 1969, the government created the Metrication Board as a quango to promote and coordinate metrication. The treaty of accession to the European...
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AQA (section Examination reform)
Richard (4 March 2010). "Head of Curriculum Quango Quits with Warning". The Independent. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 4 May...
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responsibilities. In 2010 the Copyright Tribunal was listed as to be 'Abolished with Reservations' under the 2010 UK quango reforms. However, as of July...
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Stuart Weir (redirect from Stuart Weir (UK journalist))
Skelcher, Weir; Stuart Weir; Lynne Wilson (December 2000). The Advance of the Quango State: A Report for the LGIU (Paperback ed.). London: Local Government Information...
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Union Modernisation Fund (category 2010 disestablishments in the United Kingdom)
funding were ever held, and the board was abolished in 2010 as part of the UK government's quango reforms (as the board's function had been completed). In total...
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expressed surprise that IfL escaped David Cameron's 2010 UK quango reforms (AKA "Bonfire of The Quangos"), and opposed the increase including a petition...
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Vince Cable (category UK MPs 2005–2010)
government waste, later accusing Labour of allowing a "writhing nest" of quangos to develop. Prior to the 2005 Liberal Democrat party conference, Cable...
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Staff members in "non-departmental public bodies" (sometimes called "QUANGOs") may also be classed as civil servants for the purpose of statistics and...
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New Deal (United Kingdom) (redirect from New Deal (UK))
by a third-party organisation from the workfare industry such as a4e, a quango such as CSV or a charity spin-off such as YMCA Training. If an employment...
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Development (USAID) refers to NGOs as "private voluntary organizations". Quango: Quasi-autonomous NGO — often used derogatorily, these organizations rely...
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to learn about quangos to ensure a set of politically face-saving quango appointments and to prevent his publication of a quango reform white paper. He...
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Greater London Authority (redirect from London.gov.uk)
The authority was established to replace a range of joint boards and quangos and provided an elected upper tier of local government in Greater London...
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Andrew George (politician) (category UK MPs 2005–2010)
Despite this, the bill passed 314–260. During the so-called "Bonfire of the quangos" by the government, in 2013 George opposed plans to abolish the Agricultural...
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the Conservative led government's "bonfire of the quangos" after the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (ERRA). The Agricultural Wages Board was...
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Ofcom (section UK hate speech regulation)
David Cameron referenced Ofcom in a speech against the proliferation of quangos: With a Conservative government, Ofcom as we know it will cease to exist…...
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Politics of Jersey (section Quangos)
instructed that peace and reform should be brought to the island. Bentinck became Lieutenant Governor and introduced important reforms. The Royal Court was...
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Conflict of Interest". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. "Home - Gold". uktv.co.uk. "Yes, Prime Minister Series 1 episode guide - British Comedy...
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