'Cuts by another name': Scathing attack on SNP public sector reform plans

Scottish ministers have been accused of prioritising cuts while "sabotaging" lifeline public services in a scathing assessment of planned efficiency savings.

A massive increase in public-sector salaries could become a double-edged sword for the economy, economist Keenan Falconer has warned, noting that cuts in infrastructure spending could undermine long-term recovery. Falconer said the wage increase could have an immediate multiplier effect on spending in the economy in th