Callum McGoldrick has a useful CAPX reminder that the Quangocracy is here to stay. Well worth reading because there is no evidence that any government has ever intended to tackle the problem, in spite of rhetoric claiming otherwise.
Political oversight of government by elected political parties has gone.
Quangos are out of control – and ministers like it that way
Calls for a ‘bonfire of the quangos’ have been made since David Cameron’s time as Leader of the Opposition all the way through to Keir Starmer’s premiership. Yet for all the rhetoric, the quangocracy has grown bigger, better staffed and more powerful, as is detailed in the TaxPayers’ Alliance’s new quango database.
With over 500,000 staff and a total expenditure greater than the GDP of Norway, the reliance on these ‘arm’s-length bodies’ by ministers, and therefore the impact on our lives, has never been greater. Since Anthony Eden took office 70 years ago, every Prime Minister who has stayed in office for a full year has created a quango. Tony Blair created 92, the most of any Prime Minister. Even David Cameron, the man who first promised the great bonfire, created 54.
Quangos are out of control – and ministers like it that way
- Prime Ministers have been piling up new quangos for 70 years: Tony Blair created 92
- Britain’s quangos have a total expenditure greater than the GDP of Norway
- Keir Starmer’s Government created 27 quangos in its first eight months
Calls for a ‘bonfire of the quangos’ have been made since David Cameron’s time as Leader of the Opposition all the way through to Keir Starmer’s premiership. Yet for all the rhetoric, the quangocracy has grown bigger, better staffed and more powerful, as is detailed in the TaxPayers’ Alliance’s new quango database.
With over 500,000 staff and a total expenditure greater than the GDP of Norway, the reliance on these ‘arm’s-length bodies’ by ministers, and therefore the impact on our lives, has never been greater. Since Anthony Eden took office 70 years ago, every Prime Minister who has stayed in office for a full year has created a quango. Tony Blair created 92, the most of any Prime Minister. Even David Cameron, the man who first promised the great bonfire, created 54.
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