Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude, who is responsible for the review of the future of quangos, has admitted that the process has not been "perfect" but denied that it had been "botched".

Speaking to today presenter John Humphrys, he said that the government could not "wait around" in reforming the system and had to "get on" with the process.

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