NHS England quango will be axed to reduce bureaucracy

NHS England, dubbed the “world’s largest quango”, will be abolished to “cut bureaucracy” and bring management of the health service “back into democratic control’, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

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The Prime Minister said decisions about billions of pounds of taxpayer money should not be taken by an “arm’s-length” body, as he promised sweeping reforms which the Government says will deliver better care for patients.

Sir Keir said the previous Tory government had been mistaken to make NHS England more independent from central government, as he said the state was “weaker than ever”.

“Overstretched, unfocused, trying to do too much, doing it badly,” the Prime Minister said.