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More Welsh councils should transfer leisure services to save cash

Councils in Wales have been too slow to reap the savings that transferring leisure services to external organisations could bring, according to a watchdog.

Councils in Wales have been too slow to reap the savings that transferring leisure services to external organisations could bring, according to a watchdog.

A new report by the Wales Audit Office claimed Welsh councils that have moved their leisure services over have saved an average of £2.4m a year and warned other local authorities they were missing out on such financial benefits.

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