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Andrew Speke, of the High Pay Centre said: If the Scottish government wants to show that it is taking inequality far more seriously than the Westminster government, tackling excessive pay gaps in the public sector is one of the best things it could do. “The idea that the public sector needs to be more like the private sector to succeed has not always led to improving the quality of services, but it has led to far more being spent on the pay of those in senior positions, while wage growth in real terms for most public sector workers has been slow to stagnant.”