UK ministers consider abolishing hundreds of quangos, sources say
by Pippa Crerar Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6WECC)
Move comes after Keir Starmer tells cabinet to stop outsourcing' decisions to regulators
Ministers could introduce legislation to abolish a swathe of quangos in one go as part of the UK government's plans to restructure the state and cut thousands more civil service job cuts, the Guardian understands.
Government sources said they were considering a bill that would speed up the reorganisation of more than 300 arm's-length organisations that between them spend about 353bn of public money.
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