Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison has said that the country’s public sector workforce will have to shrink due to funding pressures. Robison cited tight budgets and inflation-driven pay deals, though she said that areas like health would be protected. The finance secretary is set to give more details of the reforms in next month’s Scottish budget. Speaking on the BBC’s The Sunday Show, Robison said that UK Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement had placed further pressure on spending plans. The Scottish government is due to receive an extra £545m of funds via “Barnet consequentials”. Robison suggested that new ways of working could minimise the impact of workforce reductions, citing digital technology and remote working as possible minimalisation strategies. Opponents, including Scottish Conservatives finance spokeswoman Liz Smith, accused the SNP of a “blame game
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