UK ministers consider abolishing hundreds of quangos, sources say

Move comes after Keir Starmer tells cabinet to stop ‘outsourcing’ decisions to regulatorsUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters could introduce legislation to abolish a swathe of quangos in one go as part of the UK government’s plans to restructure the state and cut thousands more civil service job cuts, the Guardian understands.Government sources said they were considering a bill that would speed up the reorganisation of more than 300 arm’s-length organisations that between them spend about £353bn of public money. Continue reading...