I think a lot of Scottish public sector employees got larger rises than elsewhere in the UK. Maybe something to do with it.
3% 🙋
10% or 5% of what though? What was the baseline?
It’s the national so really unlikely to be based in any kind of sensible reality
And the SNP just snatch it back off us higher earners with their Mickey Mouse income tax experiment. Humza “call centre” Useless.
As long as Scottish productivity increased faster than rest of UK then that’s cool, otherwise it comes back to bite.
Unionists call this ” SNP failure and mismanagement, overspending and disastrous budgeting, etc.”.
Never mind, Keith Hida Starmer and his up north seat filling head nodder will fix it.
Please can you confirm that you get paid for this unwavering perpetual servitude?
Ah yes, the 5 nations of the UK;
Scotland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Wales, and England
Edit: Jesus Christ guys, calm down
Pity tax rises will have negated any increase in take home pay.
I’m sorry but what jobs are we talking about? The wages must have been really low before because you can hardly find a job that pays £13 an hour. (advertised in indeed)
Mines gone up 150% in the last 5 years by choosing to work for London based businesses as a remote worker instead of a Scottish business.
Must be low salary jobs and also the higher public sector jobs too but they will just get caught in the tax trap up here now
Starting to catch up, some good news at least.
Just pass a law that all salarys must increase by inflation every 1st April.
It’s pretty simple.
Great. Now prices go up more!
Off set by tax increases
I find this hard to believe as the entire NI public sector is about to strike on Jan 18th because we haven’t gotten a penny.
That’s teachers, doctors, nurses, NHS staff, civil servants….a massively significant chunk of the NI workforce.
However, compare it to the cost of living and tax and shrinkflation. No where near where it should be.
Give people more money, and they spend more money, and the government gets more money back through tax on spending and earning simple.
All our assistants and junior staff got 10%, seniors and managers got 7
Anecdotally, I was just up in Glasgow from cambridge. Not just salaries, but prices in Glasgow feel like they have gone up so much they have actually matched Cambridge which never used to feel like the case.
A few examples would be;
– Rides on the george sq xmas market cost 10-20% more than the rides in winter wonderland in Hyde Park.
– Hotpot buffet deals seem to be in the region of £30-35. Similar to cambridge london or even more expensive, glasgow used to be awesome for cheap authentic Chinese food (XiangBaLa 🙁 🙁 🙁 )
– Tourist tat is currently at “4.50 for a mars sized bar of milk chocolate” level of insanity
– Bar food is pushing £15 quid outside of spoons.
So based on no data and simple experience, it felt to me like inflation was running higher in scotland generally.
Be careful with percentages. London’s salaries are massive, and 5% increase is probably bigger that 25% elsewhere.
FREEDOM!!!!!!!
Is this because of or despite the Union? You decide
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I think a lot of Scottish public sector employees got larger rises than elsewhere in the UK. Maybe something to do with it.
3% 🙋
10% or 5% of what though? What was the baseline?
It’s the national so really unlikely to be based in any kind of sensible reality
And the SNP just snatch it back off us higher earners with their Mickey Mouse income tax experiment. Humza “call centre” Useless.
As long as Scottish productivity increased faster than rest of UK then that’s cool, otherwise it comes back to bite.
Unionists call this ” SNP failure and mismanagement, overspending and disastrous budgeting, etc.”.
Never mind, Keith Hida Starmer and his up north seat filling head nodder will fix it.
Please can you confirm that you get paid for this unwavering perpetual servitude?
Ah yes, the 5 nations of the UK;
Scotland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Wales, and England
Edit: Jesus Christ guys, calm down
Pity tax rises will have negated any increase in take home pay.
I’m sorry but what jobs are we talking about? The wages must have been really low before because you can hardly find a job that pays £13 an hour. (advertised in indeed)
Mines gone up 150% in the last 5 years by choosing to work for London based businesses as a remote worker instead of a Scottish business.
Must be low salary jobs and also the higher public sector jobs too but they will just get caught in the tax trap up here now
Starting to catch up, some good news at least.
Just pass a law that all salarys must increase by inflation every 1st April.
It’s pretty simple.
Great. Now prices go up more!
Off set by tax increases
I find this hard to believe as the entire NI public sector is about to strike on Jan 18th because we haven’t gotten a penny.
That’s teachers, doctors, nurses, NHS staff, civil servants….a massively significant chunk of the NI workforce.
However, compare it to the cost of living and tax and shrinkflation. No where near where it should be.
Give people more money, and they spend more money, and the government gets more money back through tax on spending and earning simple.
All our assistants and junior staff got 10%, seniors and managers got 7
Anecdotally, I was just up in Glasgow from cambridge. Not just salaries, but prices in Glasgow feel like they have gone up so much they have actually matched Cambridge which never used to feel like the case.
A few examples would be;
– Rides on the george sq xmas market cost 10-20% more than the rides in winter wonderland in Hyde Park.
– Hotpot buffet deals seem to be in the region of £30-35. Similar to cambridge london or even more expensive, glasgow used to be awesome for cheap authentic Chinese food (XiangBaLa 🙁 🙁 🙁 )
– Tourist tat is currently at “4.50 for a mars sized bar of milk chocolate” level of insanity
– Bar food is pushing £15 quid outside of spoons.
So based on no data and simple experience, it felt to me like inflation was running higher in scotland generally.
Be careful with percentages. London’s salaries are massive, and 5% increase is probably bigger that 25% elsewhere.
FREEDOM!!!!!!!
Is this because of or despite the Union? You decide