The BBC report:

At least 27,000 people working in Scotland’s public services are on zero-hours contracts, MSPs have been told.

The figure was revealed by Labour MSP Ken Macintosh, who urged the Scottish government to show leadership on the “invidious” issue.

Of the total, at least 8,000 were working in the higher education sector.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.