Salmond promises bonfire of the quangoes

ALEX Salmond announced proposals yesterday to scrap 50 quangos and government agencies to free up the money which he needs to meet his party’s ambitious spending plans.

The First Minister promised to end the “overlap and duplication” which he claimed was rife in Scotland’s 200 public bodies and he used his keynote speech at the SNP conference to announce moves to axe a quarter of them. for more click here