Scottish Budget 2021: Public sector workers to receive pay rise in pledge from SNP Government

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low pay. However, teachers union the EIS said the promise is an effective pay freeze for their members. And the GMB union said the promise was an "insult" which amounts to "a tenner a week for most".

Forbes confirmed the Scottish Government will use the "real living wage" at the increased rate of £9.50 an hour to "guarantee" the pay bump.

People on higher wages will receive a 1% increase capped at £800 above £80,000. "The UK Government's ill-judged pay freeze has a material impact on our block grant, within which we must balance reward and affordability of public sector pay," she said in her budget statement at Holyrood today.Forbes made the announcement while promising to raise income tax bands by inflation but freeze the top rate at.