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It is about the different parts of the system working together to do what is best for people and achieve the best outcomes for them.If you do that well, that also has big positive impacts on the wider system.
There was some criticism that the public sector generally—not just the Government—tends to go for the lowest cost as opposed to best value. I remember that, when I was a councillor—and I know that Derek Mackay was in a similar boat—we sometimes looked at best value and did not choose the lowest cost.