HUNDREDS of civil servants are facing pay cuts of up to 25 per cent as the Scottish Government moves to end lucrative "supplements" paid to attract highly skilled workers into the public sector.
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No-one has ever accused the Scottish Parliament of being a lean, efficient institution, but it does at least lead by example.30 Jul 2010
PCS reacted angrily to yesterday's Indepedent Budget Review report calling for up to 60,000 job cuts, pay freezes, privatisation of public services, and attacks on pensions and sick absence in Scotland.12 Jul 2010
In response to attacks by the so-called Tax Payers Alliance on the cost of Scottish Government trade union facility time, Lynn Henderson, Scottish secretary of the PCS Union, said: "The partnership works well on both sides and I think represents very good value for money when you look at what it delivers."23 Jun 2010
PCS slammed Scotland's finance minister's signal that he will follow Tory chancellor Osborne's lead and attack low-paid public sector workers.22 Jun 2010
The coalition government Chancellor will today announce in his first budget some of the most severe cuts in public spending ordinary workers have ever had to face.