MORE than 40 quango bosses are paid more than the First Minister’s £141,000 annual salary, research has found.
Around 130 people working for public bodies receive more than a Cabinet Secretary’s salary of £101,000, while almost 700 are paid more than an MSP’s salary of £58,000.
Think-tank Reform Scotland carried out the study and believes quangos “are not sufficiently accountable to the Scottish Parliament or the Scottish people”.