TesMedia coverage · 19 Feb 2024Where councils have no guarantee that they will be funded in future years, there may be greater use of temporary contracts.
COSLA briefing to MSPs warns ring-fencing the £145.5m would hit social work, youth work and libraries, and could raise the number of teachers on temporary contracts; it says the sum covers roughly 2,000 posts.
COSLAPeople named: Jenny Gilruth
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Where councils have no guarantee that they will be funded in future years, there may be greater use of temporary contracts.
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- Cosla: Ring-fencing funding for teachers means deeper cuts elsewhere
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- 24 Sept 2026
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