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Following the 2010 United Kingdom general election, the UK Government announced plans to curb public spending through the abolition of a large number of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations (quangos). On 23 May 2010, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne unveiled a £500million plan to reduce the budget deficit by abolishing or merging many quangos. This was styled in the national press as a "bonfire of the quangos", making reference to Girolamo Savonarola's religiously inspired Bonfire of the Vanities ("falò delle vanità"). Although not without critics, it was generally welcomed by the business community. ==Categorisation of reform== On 14 October, the government released a document entitled (''Public Bodies Reform –– Proposals for Change'' ) outlining plans for each quango. The document broadly classified each quango into one of four groups, ''viz.'' – * Retain - the government thought it expedient to retain the organisation; * Merge - the organisation would be merged with another organ of state or its function could be replicated by a third sector organisation; * Abolish - the organisation would be abolished; * Under consideration - firm plans were not drawn up for organisations in this category, but deadlines were set for complete consideration. The document also contained a description of which ministry of state or government department the organisation was part of. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010 UK quango reforms」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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