Associated Newspapers is to merge the news and production desks on the Evening Standard and London Lite, the Guardian has reported.
The streamlined newsdesks will begin working together from this morning. Sources tell the paper that the move is a cost-cutting drive aimed at reducing duplication between the paid-for Standard and its free sister title.
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