The UK government will accept the recommendations of public sector pay review bodies in a move that it hopes will help bring an end to a wave of strike action that has hit sectors including healthcare and education in recent months.
John Glen, chief secretary to the Treasury, told the House of Commons on Thursday that there would be no new Treasury funding for the pay rises which would have to come from existing departmental budgets.
“It is a fair deal that recognises the anxiety caused by cost of living pressures,” he said.
Glen announced pay rises of 6.5 per cent for teachers, 7 per cent for police, 6 per cent for NHS consultants, doctors and dentists and 7 per cent for prison officers.
Junior doctors will be given a 6 per cent pay rise plus a “consolidated £1,250 increase” while those in the armed forces would receive a 5 per cent rise plus £1,000.
