He said: “Under the SNP Scotland has more public sector workers than the rest of the UK, and their higher rates of pay are ...

How have public sector pay and employment changed in Scotland in recent years and what are the implications of those changes?

Scottish workers have been awarded the biggest pay increases in the public sector, outstripping the rest of the UK. Figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) showed that since 2019, public ...

Productivity in Britain's public sector recorded a year-on-year decline in the three months to the end of September 2024, as ...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said a newly qualified teacher in Scotland earns £33,594 in Scotland compared to ...

Pay outstripped price rises by 3.4% between October and December while the unemployment rate remains unchanged.

The Scottish government is hosting a summit of councils, public bodies, third sector organisations and business figures.

Gold-plated “defined benefit” public sector pensions are a major drain on the finances of any country that offers them. In ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been warned UK inflation will push public sector unions to seek higher pay rises from the ...

Public sector productivity is not a direct measure of how hard staff work. Instead it reflects the ratio of input costs - including wages, materials and rents - and output, which can be hard to ...

Fujitsu public sector boss is banking on huge deals with HMRC, despite Post Office scandal after another lucrative year.

As a growing number of agencies experiment with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in operations and frontline services, ...