Ivan McKee: “We’ve got to win that trust. People do trust the Scottish Government more than, for example, they trust the UK…”

There's a whole empowerment agenda here about communities, people in communities being able to feel they can influence decisions locally.

We are going into the public service reform agenda with a great deal of ambition and a great deal of pace

We don't see that as being something that's necessary or would add any value.

If you look across the wider public sector, there are public bodies that have driven headcount reductions and have worked through the no compulsory redundancy policy to its conclusion.