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2 hours ago · Scotland
800 Scottish public sector workers being paid for jobs that don’t exist – report
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. STV News is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Scotland. The first report grouped here was at 25 Oct 2026, 14:38 UTC. The headline in use is “800 Scottish public sector workers being paid for jobs that don’t exist – report”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The Sunday Times reports around 800 NHS workers no longer have a fixed role but remain on the public payroll, at a cost of at least £27m per year.
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800 Scottish public sector workers being paid for jobs that don’t exist – report
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- STV News