. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "14435"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "29205181"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "1089021271"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Following the 2010 United Kingdom general election, the UK Government under the Cameron\u2013Clegg coalitionannounced plans to curb public spending through the abolition of a large number of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations (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 (\"fal\u00F2 delle vanit\u00E0\"). On 23 May 2010, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne unveiled a \u00A3500 million plan to reduce the budget deficit by abolishing or merging many quangos. The cuts and closures received criticism in some quarters, but was generally welcomed by the business community. A decade later in 2021, the UK Parliament\u2019s Public Accounts Committee claimed in a report that the reforms \u201Cfailed to spark\u201D and that the Cabinet Office has \u201Cnot been enforcing the code for public appointments\u201D."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2010 UK quango reforms"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Following the 2010 United Kingdom general election, the UK Government under the Cameron\u2013Clegg coalitionannounced plans to curb public spending through the abolition of a large number of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations (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 (\"fal\u00F2 delle vanit\u00E0\")."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .