quangos's Usage Examples:

agencies are "machinery of government" devices distinct both from non-ministerial government departments and non-departmental public bodies (or "quangos").

accused quangos of bureaucratic waste and excess.

The Commission was abolished when quangos were reviewed by the newly elected government in October 2010.

devices distinct both from non-ministerial government departments and non-departmental public bodies (or "quangos"), each of which enjoy a real legal and constitutional.

1954), is a British businesswoman known for her involvement in a number of quangos (an acronym for quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations).

it was abolished in the Conservative led government"s "bonfire of the quangos" after the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.

February 2011 "Bonfire of the quangos" threatens climate change committee The Independent, 15 October 2010 Bonfire of the quangos: bodies to be abolished The.

of a large number of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations (quangos).

same year the proposals seemed likely to be enacted; a leaked list of quangos that were due to be abolished was acquired by the BBC, including British.

He remained a back-bencher and was best known for his opposition to quangos, campaigning persistently for their reduction.

national level and was appointed Deputy Chairman of one of the largest quangos in Wales.

In 2005, Dan Lewis, author of The Essential Guide to Quangos, claimed that the UK had 529 quangos, many.

non-ministerial government departments and non-departmental public bodies (or "quangos"), each of which enjoy a real legal and constitutional separation from.

Synonyms:

organisation, organization, quasi-NGO,

Antonyms:

nonalignment, finish, inactivity,