Humza Yousaf said the reduction was required to deal with an "unavoidable" backlog in the system due to the coronavirus pandemic.Council areas placed under level four restrictions last year were told by health bosses to suspend all planned community work parties as they would be unsafe.SNP ministers now plan to cut the unpaid work element imposed in existing community payback orders by 35% - with the exception of those imposed for domestic abuse, sexual offences, or stalking.But the proposals were slammed today by the Scottish Conservatives, who said the Nationalists were letting down victims of crime.Liam Kerr, the party's justice spokesman, said: "The SNP have shamefully tried to hide their failures on Community Payback Orders by sneaking.
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