Glasgow City Council has spent almost £100 million in the past five years on social care overtime and agency staff.

Statistics released to the Scottish Conservatives under freedom of information legislation show Scottish Councils spent £400.1 million between 2020 and 2025, with the relatively even split of £200.4 million in agency spend and £199.7 million in overtime.

During that time, the total annual spend on both across the country rose from £60.2 million to £85.7 million. Glasgow City Council spent the most, at £99.7 million.

Scottish Tory health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane said the Scottish Government should have used the £30 million on preparing the launch of the dropped national care service to hire more care staff to cut the need for workers to exceed their hours, or to pay

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