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| Tories pledge to cut back quangos | Tories pledge to cut back quangos |
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| David Cameron is pledging to cut the number of unelected quangos to save money and increase accountability. | |
| A Tory government would close one schools quango, while another - media regulator Ofcom - would be stripped of its policy-making role, he will say. | A Tory government would close one schools quango, while another - media regulator Ofcom - would be stripped of its policy-making role, he will say. |
| The Tory leader will ask shadow cabinet ministers to identify which bodies within their areas should be cut back. | The Tory leader will ask shadow cabinet ministers to identify which bodies within their areas should be cut back. |
| This weekend the government announced a review of public bodies in a bid to ensure cash goes to frontline services. | This weekend the government announced a review of public bodies in a bid to ensure cash goes to frontline services. |
| 'Vast amounts' | |
| He told the BBC Breakfast programme: "There are some quangos that have a technical function - inspecting nuclear installations. Or they have a transparency function - like the Office of National Statistics. | |
| "But in too many cases these organisations have got bigger and bigger. They spend about £64bn a year, they start having their own communications departments, their own press officers; they start making policy rather than just delivering policy - and their bosses are paid vast amounts of money." | |
| "There's a lot of money to be saved but, more to the point, we need to make these more democratically accountable so people don't feel the rage and anger against the machine they have no control over." | |
| Mr Cameron will call for a cut in the 790 quangos - or quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations - which cost £35bn a year, in a speech to the Reform think tank. | Mr Cameron will call for a cut in the 790 quangos - or quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations - which cost £35bn a year, in a speech to the Reform think tank. |
| 'Buck passing' | 'Buck passing' |
| He will say: "Too many state actions, services and decisions are carried out by people who cannot be voted out by the public, by organisations that feel no pressure to answer for what happens, in a way that is completely unaccountable. | He will say: "Too many state actions, services and decisions are carried out by people who cannot be voted out by the public, by organisations that feel no pressure to answer for what happens, in a way that is completely unaccountable. |
| "The growth of the quango state is, I believe, one of the main reasons people feel that nothing ever changes, nothing will ever get done and that the state just passes the buck and sends them from pillar to post instead of sorting out problems." | "The growth of the quango state is, I believe, one of the main reasons people feel that nothing ever changes, nothing will ever get done and that the state just passes the buck and sends them from pillar to post instead of sorting out problems." |
| He will say under a Conservative government any delegation of power by a minister to a quango would not mean a "corresponding delegation of responsibility". | He will say under a Conservative government any delegation of power by a minister to a quango would not mean a "corresponding delegation of responsibility". |
| "Even when power is delegated to a quango the minister remains responsible for the outcome. They set the rules under which the quango operates," he will add. | "Even when power is delegated to a quango the minister remains responsible for the outcome. They set the rules under which the quango operates," he will add. |
| Under Tory plans, Ofcom would stick to its technical and enforcement functions - and the schools' Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency would be closed. | Under Tory plans, Ofcom would stick to its technical and enforcement functions - and the schools' Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency would be closed. |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne revealed the government would review quangos to try to "make sure every penny of public money goes to frontline services". | Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne revealed the government would review quangos to try to "make sure every penny of public money goes to frontline services". |
| Mr Byrne said the Conservative proposals included the creation of at least another 17 quangos. | Mr Byrne said the Conservative proposals included the creation of at least another 17 quangos. |
| The claim was rejected by the Tories, who said the number of bodies had risen dramatically since Labour came to power in 1997. | The claim was rejected by the Tories, who said the number of bodies had risen dramatically since Labour came to power in 1997. |