These figures confirm it is just lip service when SNP ministers have pledged to get serious about reining in their growing army of civil servants.
Commenting on civil service workforce figures.
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They clearly still don’t have the stomach for taking the tough but necessary decisions to ensure that the civil service is delivering value for money for taxpayers.
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If John Swinney is serious about finally reforming the public sector, then he needs to rein in salary costs which are continuing to spiral.
They must come clean on their full dealings with GFG and the current status of this deal.
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