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Scrapping quangos isn't just about saving money

Powerful vested interests in Whitehall - led by the Institute for Government - seem to be lobbying against a quango cull. 

According to a story in the Guardian today, scrapping 180 quangos would cost as much as keeping them.

Whoever cooked up this spin seems to have missed the point. 

Quangos are bad not simply because they cost the taxpayer.  They are bad because they decide things.  As long as public policy is in the hands of remote, unaccountable quangocrats, it is immune to democratic scrutiny. 

We need to cull quangos to ensure that those who make public policy begin to answer to the public. 

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