Ministerial and MSP salaries are set and paid for by the Scottish Parliament. Six serving ministers including cabinet secretaries Mairi Gougeon, Shona Robison and Fiona Hyslop have announced they ...

The Scots Nats are getting as much as they can from hard-pressed taxpayers 'on their way to the exit', a Scottish Tory claims ...

JOHN Swinney has awarded Nats ministers a pay rise of nearly £20,000 after lifting a salary freeze. The First Minister was ...

John Swinney’s SNP ministers have been handed a £20,000 pay rise - partially lifting a freeze after 16 years. Critics have ...

The First Minister has been criticised for approving a near-£20,000 pay increase for SNP ministers. John Swinney lifted the ...

John Swinney has been warned a £20,000 pay rise for SNP ministers is 'unjustifiable' by GMB Scotland as local government workers consider ...

During a media conference at Bute House, Mr Swinney also announces his government's legislative programme will be published ...

The pay for ministerial positions has risen for the first time since it was frozen by Alex Salmond 16 years ago despite Scots facing tax rises.

Lifting the pay freeze takes a Cabinet Secretary’s salary ... MSP salaries are set and paid by the Scottish Parliament. The MSP element of pay for ministers for 2025-26 will be identical to ...