The Conservatives look as though they’ll be tough on Quango’s and it’s overpaid quangocracy. About time. You’ve only to do a little bit of digging into these organisations to be filled with horror at their size, bloated pay rates, and self importance. Of those that are retained, their functions need to be taken back into civil service control, with the resulting benefit of democratic oversight.

Here’s part of what David Cameron said about controlling quango’s to the BBC today on the subject,

“Too many state actions, services and decisions are carried out by people who cannot be voted out by the public, by organisations that feel no pressure to answer for what happens, in a way that is completely unaccountable.”

“But in too many cases these organisations have got bigger and bigger. They spend about £64bn a year, they start having their own communications departments, their own press officers; they start making policy rather than just delivering policy – and their bosses are paid vast amounts of money.”

This is good management of our nation, and also good politics. If Cameron can really achieve this, when in government, it will bring about an enormous change in our public life.

I’m becoming more optimistic by the day that Conservatives, when in office, will transform the country. Michael Gove’s truly excellent grasp of the reforms needed in our education system being one aspect for optimism, and this quango quashing agenda is another. Cameron’s Conservatives are building an impressive head of steam.