> In the UK, the term quango covers different "arm's-length" government bodies, including [...] non-ministerial government departments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quango
> The Competition and Markets Authority [...] is a non-ministerial government department
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_and_Markets_Author...
But this specifics of what is and is not a quango don't matter. The original claim implied that the decision was made by a politician for political reasons and this isn't the case.
> In the UK, the term quango covers different "arm's-length" government bodies, including [...] non-ministerial government departments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quango
> The Competition and Markets Authority [...] is a non-ministerial government department
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_and_Markets_Author...
But this specifics of what is and is not a quango don't matter. The original claim implied that the decision was made by a politician for political reasons and this isn't the case.