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		<title>Questions over quango report, by David Walker</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/01/questions-over-quango-report-by-david-walker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Walker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Audit Commission is a glaring omission from the PASC's quango cull report. Here was a prime example of what the committee bemoans as an absence of consultation or proper procedure <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/01/questions-over-quango-report-by-david-walker/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bonfire of the inanities, by Bernard Jenkin</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/01/a-botched-bonfire-by-bernard-jenkin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Jenkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The coalition's review of quangos has been badly managed. There was no meaningful consultation, the tests used were not clearly defined and the Cabinet Office failed to establish proper procedures <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2011/01/a-botched-bonfire-by-bernard-jenkin/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quango cull: where&#8217;s the evidence? By Marc Cetkowski</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/11/quango-cull-wheres-the-evidence-by-marc-cetkowski/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/11/quango-cull-wheres-the-evidence-by-marc-cetkowski/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Cetkowski</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Francis Maude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quangos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spending Review 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/?p=5138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude today insisted that the government was not ideologically driven to scrap quangos. But he would be more persuasive if we had sight of a master plan <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/11/quango-cull-wheres-the-evidence-by-marc-cetkowski/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In defence of quangos, by Colin Talbot</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/10/in-defence-of-quangos-by-colin-talbot/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/10/in-defence-of-quangos-by-colin-talbot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Talbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/?p=4999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Great Quango Cull has turned out to be rather less dramatic than advertised, and the reasons given have shifted from being about saving money to increasing accountability <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/10/in-defence-of-quangos-by-colin-talbot/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Qualms over quango cull, by Conor Ryan</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/09/qualms-over-quango-cull-by-conor-ryan/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/09/qualms-over-quango-cull-by-conor-ryan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Conor Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Francis Maude]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/?p=4820</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a strange notion that just because an organisation is a quango, it is inherently worse than something run by the civil service. Yet that seems to be the rationale for Francis Maude's zealous cull of these arm's length bodies <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/09/qualms-over-quango-cull-by-conor-ryan/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Life after death, by Judy Hirst</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/09/life-after-death-by-judy-hirst/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/09/life-after-death-by-judy-hirst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Hirst</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Audit Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspection]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/?p=4628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So what did the Audit Commission ever do for us? Not much, judging from the chorus yelling 'good riddance' as soon as Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced the watchdog's death. <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/09/life-after-death-by-judy-hirst/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Municipal makeover, by Nick Comfort</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/08/municipal-makeover-by-nick-comfort/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/08/municipal-makeover-by-nick-comfort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Comfort</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pay and pensions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/?p=4446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The coalition should examine the good work carried out in local government and then compare it with the patchy record of quangos and arm's length agencies. Give councils something to do and you will be surprised at the results you get <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/08/municipal-makeover-by-nick-comfort/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quango quandary, by Alan Trench</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/07/quango-quandary-by-alan-trench/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/07/quango-quandary-by-alan-trench/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Trench</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Northern Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quangos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/?p=4319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The merger of UK Sport and Sport England and the abolition of the Health Protection Agency raise immediate constitutional concerns for the devolved administrations. <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/07/quango-quandary-by-alan-trench/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Banking on a green future, by Steve Lang</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/06/banking-on-a-green-future-by-steve-lang/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/06/banking-on-a-green-future-by-steve-lang/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Lang</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[budget 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public spending]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given that the global market for low-carbon goods and services is already worth over £3trn and growing rapidly, the employment and economic growth opportunities presented by the transformation to a low-carbon future must remain at the forefront of policy development <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/06/banking-on-a-green-future-by-steve-lang/"></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A reprieve for the regions? by Peter Hetherington</title>
		<link>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/05/a-repreve-for-the-regions-by-peter-hetherington/</link>
		<comments>http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/05/a-repreve-for-the-regions-by-peter-hetherington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 10:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hetherington</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Tories have a visceral dislike of all things ‘regional’ – its associations with John Prescott’s long spell as deputy prime minister doesn’t help! 
  <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/05/a-repreve-for-the-regions-by-peter-hetherington/"></a>]]></description>
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