Bonfire of the quangos “rushed and poorly handled” says Tory MP
A cross-party commons committee has argued that the government’s process of scrapping quangos has been “botched”, reports Chris Tarquini.
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The quangos start to burn
The government has lit the touch paper to start the ‘bonfire of the quangos’ today in announcing that it will axe nearly 200 quangos, reports Katy Mughan.
Green’s appointment as ‘cuts Tsar’ drives Cable closer to resignation
One could be forgiven for checking that yesterday wasn’t April 1st after waking up to the news that private equity tycoon and asset-stripper extraordinaire Philip Green has been appointed by David Cameron to head a Whitehall spending review.
Cameron must drop IHT pledge to be a true progressive
This week the Progressive Conservatism Project at Demos published twelve tests that Cameron must meet by 2012 to fulfil his pledge to have governed as a progressive. One in particular stands out. The Conservatives cannot credibly claim to be progressive while supporting a cut in inheritance tax.