UK considers shutting hundreds of public bodies to streamline government

Reuters - 07/04
Britain said it could close hundreds of arms-length government agencies, as it looks to reform the state to cut costs and improve productivity in what it called "a new era of global instability".
LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - Britain said it could close hundreds of arms-length government agencies, as it looks to reform the state to cut costs and improve productivity in what it called "a new era of global instability".
Britain has hundreds of quangos, or quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations. These are taxpayer-funded but not controlled by ministers, and include public bodies such as the Health and Safety Executive, Network Rail and the Migration Advisory Committee.

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"Every quango across government will be reviewed, with a view to close, merge or bring functions back into (government)...
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