Quango
16. October 2010 | 11:29Word Games: Quango
Probably the most unfortunate aspect of the word “quango” is the way it rhymes so perfectly with “tango”. Quango is a word that begs to be taken seriously - and yet that’s tricky when all you can think of is a fluorescent-orange drink or a sultry South American dance. Quango sounds fun and wacky. (News Source: The New Statesman - 14:00:41)
Quango reform will cost jobs, warns Maude
Jobs will be lost as part of the government’s effort to “curtail the quango state”, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has warned MPs. (News Source: BBC News - 17:37:07)
New quango planned to free more resources for teaching
A NEW education quango will be formed in an attempt to cut bureaucracy and free up more resources for front-line teaching, the education secretary has announced. (News Source: The Scotsman - 23:03:29)
Quango in row with dentists over record checks backs down
BUREAUCRATS at an under-fire quango have backed down in a row with dentists over new criminal record checks. (News Source: Yorkshire Post - 07:57:49)
Quango bonfire torches websites
This site is unavailable - forever! The complete list of quangos to be quashed by the Coalition has been released and fortunately republished by the BBC and other media because the government’s own sites have been still mostly unavailable today…. (News Source: The Register - 13:31:05)
NWDA chief quits ahead of quango’s closure
THE boss of the soon-to-be defunct quango North West Regional Development Agency has announced he is leaving his job. (News Source: Lancashire Telegraph - 12:07:45)
Dimbleby reveals his ‘favourite’ quango
Question time presenter David Dimbleby reveals his ‘favourite’ quango. (News Source: BBC News - 16:33:45)
Quango cuts: as many as 20,000 jobs to go costing £1billion under Coalition plans
As many as 20,000 civil servants will be told tomorrow [thurs] that they are losing their jobs when the Government formally axes scores of quangos. (News Source: Daily Telegraph - 06:23:44)
Quango hit-list signals the start of mass cull of public sector jobs
Tens of thousands of jobs will be lost - the first of 600,000 in the public sector - as hundreds of quangos are scrapped, merged or fundamentally reformed in the largest shake-up of power in Whitehall for a generation. (News Source: Independent - 00:19:29)
Quango cuts analysis: We might have to wait years for any savings from the bonfire
There was one major figure missing from today’s bonfire of the quangos, announced by Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude in the Commons this morning. (News Source: Daily Telegraph - 14:13:59)
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