Scotland faces a winter of disruption to vital public services after council workers reacted with fury to the imposition of a two-year pay freeze.

THE Scottish Government should impose a public sector pay freeze, the treasurer of Scotland's largest council told MSPs yesterday.

Hundreds of council workers embroiled in a dispute with their employers over a proposed new pay system and conditions are going on strike. The three-day action by 1,500 employees at Argyll and Bute Council is expected to bring disruption to transport systems and public services. Unions representing the workers said talks with the local authority had broken down.

The CBI is urging the government to impose an immediate two-year freeze in the public sector pay bill and involve the private sector in reforming public services to get the £163bn budget deficit under control

ONE of Scotland's largest local authorities was on a collision course for strike action last night after councillors approved controversial proposals for a wage freeze whi

Scotland's Finance Minister is facing the threat of another Winter of Discontent after it emerged he is to implement a public sector pay freeze.

Deep public spending cuts will mean tens of thousands of public sector workers receiving a virtual pay freeze next year, Scotland's finance minister has confirmed.

JOHN Swinney will have to freeze public sector pay and make more efficiency savings if Scotland is to come to terms with the Coalition Government's cuts, one of the countr

The latest front in the war against Gordon Brown’s public sector pay curbs was opened last week after 150,000 council workers in Scotland voted to strike

A Conservative Government would impose a oneyear pay freeze on the majority of public sector workers to get the state deficit under control shadow chancellor George Osborne has said.