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Maree Todd, Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport in the main chamber during First Minster's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh, May 11, 2023
A SCOTTISH National Party minister has claimed her 23 per cent salary hike is “not a pay rise” while some of the lowest paid public-sector workers in Scotland prepare to strike to reverse pay cuts.
Social care minister Maree Todd, who – along with junior ministerial colleagues — will rake in an extra £19,126 to total £100,575 next year, as cabinet secretaries see their salaries soar to £116,125.
She told BBC Radio Scotland: “It’s not a pay rise, it won’t cost the public purse a penny extra, and I think it’s very important that people understand that.”
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