MERGERS of quangos and other public bodies are saving £78 million, some £5m more than first predicted, the Scottish Government claims.
The figure would have been better but for the merger of Skills Development Scotland with learndirect Scotland and Careers Scotland, along with parts of the local enterprise network. This had been expected to save £57m but achieved under £39m due to voluntary redundancies.
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