Scotland's lowest-paid public sector workers set for highest pay rise

Healthcare workers are among 490,000 public sectors workers in Scotland.The Scottish government is planning to offer the lowest-paid public sector workers an inflation-beating pay rise in its budget next week, partly funded by tax rises.Public sector unions have lobbied the finance secretary, Derek Mackay, for a pay increase of 4-5%, after a decade in which pay has been frozen or rises capped at 1%.