QUANGOCRACY AND RED TAPE
11 February 2005
Since coming to power in 1997, Labour has created 111 new quangos at an annual cost of £6.5billion a report from the Centre for Policy Studies has revealed.
£6.5billion! Each year in extra spending and taxation! Each year!
Has anyone noticed a dramatic surge in their quality of life as a result of this extra £6.5billion of annual expenditure?
A large part of this gravy train is accounted for by the regional assemblies and their hangers on. Yorkshire Forward gets £326million, North West Development Agency £400million, South East England Development Agency £140million, East Midlands Development Agency £120million, London Development Agency £351million, Advantage West Midlands £263million, and the South West of England Regional Development Agency £100million.
Needless to say there are also hefty grants for the Scottish Further Education Funding Council, which gets £500million, and also another £500million for the National Council for Education and Training in Wales.
Yet another example of “I’m all right, Jock”, as Labour moves the UK into a post-democratic era of a quangocracy.
Since coming to power in 1997, Labour has created 111 new quangos at an annual cost of £6.5billion a report from the Centre for Policy Studies has revealed.
£6.5billion! Each year in extra spending and taxation! Each year!
Has anyone noticed a dramatic surge in their quality of life as a result of this extra £6.5billion of annual expenditure?
A large part of this gravy train is accounted for by the regional assemblies and their hangers on. Yorkshire Forward gets £326million, North West Development Agency £400million, South East England Development Agency £140million, East Midlands Development Agency £120million, London Development Agency £351million, Advantage West Midlands £263million, and the South West of England Regional Development Agency £100million.
Needless to say there are also hefty grants for the Scottish Further Education Funding Council, which gets £500million, and also another £500million for the National Council for Education and Training in Wales.
Yet another example of “I’m all right, Jock”, as Labour moves the UK into a post-democratic era of a quangocracy.
posted by erc @ 5:26 pm
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