Scotland employs a higher fraction of the workforce in the public sector than any English region. Public sector employment in Scotland has also grown by a larger fraction since 2017 than in any other part of the UK except Wales. [2/7] - ThreadSky

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theifs.bsky.social • 11 days ago

Scotland employs a higher fraction of the workforce in the public sector than any English region.

Public sector employment in Scotland has also grown by a larger fraction since 2017 than in any other part of the UK except Wales.

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theifs.bsky.social•11 days ago

The Scottish public sector paybill of £27bn per year poses an increasing financial challenge.

This is especially true given that the funding it receives from the UK government increases in line with spending per person in England, where pay has increased less quickly.

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theifs.bsky.social•11 days ago

The Scottish Government therefore needs to find the money for pay increases for its bigger and better-paid workforce from its own devolved revenues and/or less spending elsewhere.

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theifs.bsky.social•11 days ago

Despite these issues, higher pay is a reasonable choice that Scotland has made, especially given issues in recruiting & retaining public sector workers elsewhere in the UK.

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theifs.bsky.social•11 days ago

The Scottish public sector retains more of its workforce than the English public sector.

But that gap has narrowed since 2019, despite public sector pay having risen in Scotland relative to England.

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theifs.bsky.social•11 days ago

More research is needed to understand the impact of the Scottish government’s pay policies, so it can best target future pay rises.

Read the full report here: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/scottish-public-sector-employment-and-pay

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