Originally Posted by
Daysleeper
The AAIB lost control of its website a few (four ish?) years ago during government cutbacks. It is now part of the gov.uk empire and probably costs more, achieves less and is almost impossible to influence.
Spot on.
Review of govt websites c2011 under Martha Lane-Fox decided that government was, in commercial terms, one brand.
In practice of course, aside from differing identities and roles of main departments, there are many regulators, watchdogs and advisory bodies funded by but wholly independent of Wetminster/Whitehall. They fought long and hard to retain ownership of their own brand and website (I still have the scars). Eventually though pretty well all were swallowed up. Only the most glaringly obvious examples of independence - the Judiciary for example - retained control.