But the figures do not include many other organisations that are regularly bracketed in the "quango" category. From Wordnik.com. [icCheshireOnline] Reference
Liberty is not publicly funded, nor is it a quango. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Fresh thinking can free government from quango control. From Wordnik.com. [Fresh thinking can free government from quango control] Reference
The quango cull is mild and 3% off bureaucracy modest. From Wordnik.com. [Radical? Hardly. But Cameron is so much more than Blair reincarnated] Reference
"Nobody ever mourns the death of a quango," adds McLean. From Wordnik.com. [Will the loss of Becta give schools a fresh chance to make technology click?] Reference
Becta, the education technology quango is on its way out. From Wordnik.com. [Will the loss of Becta give schools a fresh chance to make technology click?] Reference
The quango nanny state has acquired a momentum of its own. From Wordnik.com. [This disdain is a result of far more than expenses] Reference
So why should we cede responsibility to an unelected quango. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
The UK Film Council is another quango that needs sorting out. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
His ghastly quango (along with many others) must be shut down. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
But aid - government to government or quango to quango - forget it. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
Liberty isn't a quango anyway, so why you bring it up I have no idea. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I do hope so: parliament, not a quango, should keep a check on government. From Wordnik.com. [Osborne’s speech contained not a whiff of radicalism] Reference
On the quango rich list are several whose tenures have been controversial. From Wordnik.com. [Olympics 2012 authority tops quango rich list] Reference
We don't need a quango stuffed full of busybodies to tell us who they are. From Wordnik.com. [Livingstone Misuses Taxpayers' Money... Again] Reference
That is proving hard to do even for such reflexive quango-cullers as Tories. From Wordnik.com. [Spending cuts: When ministers talk of lynch mobs, you know they're scared] Reference
Bye bye to the unloved green quango, the Sustainable Development Commission. From Wordnik.com. [Diary] Reference
That said, she is all too aware of the challenge, should the quango be reprieved. From Wordnik.com. [Children's commissioner for England under review] Reference
It will never end so long as we have that rotten quango that Trevor Phillips heads. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The quango was responsible for overseeing the technology component of BSF contracts. From Wordnik.com. [Will the loss of Becta give schools a fresh chance to make technology click?] Reference
I want to see every quango hacked to pieces and lye poured over the hacked-up pieces. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
We do not need an ABC1 mix that would be the lion's share of a quango or public office. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-17] Reference
If the answer is really another new quango i suspect the tories have got the question wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
As warned, they scramble to rescue vital quango functions and shove them in somewhere else. From Wordnik.com. [This is no careful plan: the NHS is being wired for demolition at breakneck speed] Reference
Nolan correctly set out the principles, I can see no roll for a toothless quango beyond that. From Wordnik.com. [Whiter Than White, Sleazier Than Sleaze] Reference
• Sue Cameron in the FT says Michael Gove is gunning for the Partnership for Schools quango. From Wordnik.com. [Politics blog - Wednesday 14 July] Reference
Since the quango was put in place the value of the examinations has decreased with grade inflation. From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference
I know this is derided by some as yet another quango, but I actually think it will be an important reform. From Wordnik.com. [Turnbull savages chancellor Brown] Reference
A real insight into the world of the liberal establishment and the complete uselessness of the quango-class. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
"Stopping money being spent on a film quango is not the same as stopping money being spent on film," he writes. From Wordnik.com. [Film Council: Jeremy Hunt hits out at critics of his decision to axe it] Reference
Actually, I don't know a soul who any longer believes a word issued by any government body, official or quango. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Chris Atkins, the director and producer, has hit out at the quango saying "no one" could do a worse job than it had. From Wordnik.com. [Film Council: Jeremy Hunt hits out at critics of his decision to axe it] Reference
Their membership list is secret, of course, but I'm certain they will have members in every single quango in the country. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Others within his party are urging more vigorous action, arguing that the quango culture cannot be reformed and they must be destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Dave can’t govern unless he destroys the quangos] Reference
Some months ago, David Cameron ordered his shadow cabinet to examine each quango within their portfolios and ask if it is really necessary. From Wordnik.com. [The quangocracy laid bare] Reference
Should we give up on parliamentary scrutiny and use a quango, such as the Office of Budget Responsibility that George Osborne is proposing?. From Wordnik.com. [The Spectator Inquiry--Part Two] Reference
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