We Want Cuts To Public Squandering
Almost 60% of the public want the government to cut public spending so the country’s huge deficit can be reduced, they want benefits cut and the pay of public service staff frozen. One target missing from the BBC news report and probably not on the list of options for reducing government spending are the multitude of Quangos that cost the country over £200 billion a year but often deliver little or no benefit other than providing well paid jobs for the boys.
There are over 1,200 Quangos and include such wonderfully useful bodies as the Yorkshire Cultural Consortium which spends over £1 million a year, the Competition Service which spends over £3 million a year and Visit Britain, which spends over £70 million a year, which is not to be confused with the English Tourist Board that spends over £13 million a year or the Scottish Tourist Board which spends over £25 million a year.
Not all Quangos are a waste of money but many are indicative of the bloated government and public services this country is struggling to support. For many years the NHS was set annual efficiency savings targets which forced the organisation to become leaner and learn to do more with less. Perhaps the government needs to set itself some tough targets for cutting public expenditure starting with the Quangos.
