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Quangos to be abolished
clutton_2
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The final list of the public bodies to be culled in the widely trailed cuts in quango's put forward by the Coalition Government has been announced today. The full (28 page) list is available here.
Notable losses include the Office of Fair Trading on which a consultation is to be launched in the New Year and the Tenant Services Authority. Both of these are to be merged into other bodies and some of their powers are to be abolished altogether.
The Valuation Tribunal, Residential Property Tribunals, Rent Assessment Committee, Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and possibly the Agricultural Land Tribunal will join other tribunals as part of the Tribunals Service.
The Land Registry is to be retained but with increased private sector funding (presumably this is code for a partial sell-off).
The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) remains under threat and the National Tenant Voice is to be abolished.
The Independent Housing Ombudsman is to be retained.
Interestingly the Legal Services Ombudsman, which only opened its doors on 1 October is to be closed again almost immediately.
Notable losses include the Office of Fair Trading on which a consultation is to be launched in the New Year and the Tenant Services Authority. Both of these are to be merged into other bodies and some of their powers are to be abolished altogether.
The Valuation Tribunal, Residential Property Tribunals, Rent Assessment Committee, Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and possibly the Agricultural Land Tribunal will join other tribunals as part of the Tribunals Service.
The Land Registry is to be retained but with increased private sector funding (presumably this is code for a partial sell-off).
The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) remains under threat and the National Tenant Voice is to be abolished.
The Independent Housing Ombudsman is to be retained.
Interestingly the Legal Services Ombudsman, which only opened its doors on 1 October is to be closed again almost immediately.
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No the Legal Services Ombudsman is a separate organisation from the Legal Ombudsman, which started at the beginning of October and took over from the Legal Complaints Service
Interestingly the Legal Services Ombudsman, which only opened its doors on 1 October is to be closed again almost immediately.
http://www.olso.org/
http://www.legalombudsman.org.uk/
http://www.legalcomplaints.org.uk/closedown.htm0 -
Blimey. They portray these organisations as useless and then you see a list, some of which provide an invaluble service
Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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there is a committe about assessing wine for the house of commons tho........
i bet if anyone sat down and went through them all, the would find that there are many which are being retained and many which are being transferred to a "committee of experts" - so the Abolished ones look FAR more than they actually is..
typical government spin.....0
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