Public sector pay policy
The Scottish Government’s public sector pay policy remains unchanged from last year with a 9% pay award limit covering 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28. This is despite some of the agreed pay awards for 2025-26 and 2026-27, such as the NHS Agenda for Change pay deal, not meeting the expectation within the policy’s framework of either covering the three-year period or being restricted to a maximum 3% pay lift for 2025-26.