![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/nhs-workers-police-and-teachers-get-told-their-pay-rise/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2_Industrial-strike.jpg&description=Millions of police, NHS workers, police and teachers will get their pay rises, but Rishi Sunak is accused of taking a "wrecking ball" to public services Rishi Sunak has bowed to pressure over public sector pay, ruling that millions of NHS staff, police and teachers should get pay rises of 6% or more. But departments have been told they will have to slash their budgets in order to fund the increases after ministers refused to release more cash. It has sparked fears that schools will be forced to go without equipment as the Department for Education grapples to afford a 6.5% rise for staff, with the PM accused of "taking a wrecking ball to public services". Tory John Glen, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said police would receive a 7% rise, while doctors would get 6% and a £1,250 bonus. Teachers will be given 6.5% and members of the armed forces will get 5% and a £1,000 bonus. Mr Glen told MPs: "Departments will be reprioritising within existing budgets, and driving further efficiencies to focus where it delivers the greatest value. "We will also take sound choices to maximise income." The new pay recommendations will "allow teachers and school leaders to call off strike action and resume normal relations with government," teachers unions have said in a joint statement with the Prime Minister and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan. The PM had previously hinted he would go to war with unions by rejecting recommendations by independent pay review bodies, but has now announced he will not do so. It comes as junior doctors stage the longest walkout in NHS history in the long-running dispute over pay and patient safety, while teachers plan to carry out a number of walkouts from September. Following crunch talks between Mr Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, it was ruled that junior doctors should get a 6% pay rise next year - the same figure as police and prison officers will receive. The Government's refusal to make extra cash available - instead ordering civil servants and){kind=link}
Millions of police, NHS workers, police and teachers will get their pay rises, but Rishi Sunak is accused of taking a “wrecking ball” to public services
Rishi Sunak has bowed to massive pressure over public sector pay, ruling that millions of NHS staff, police and teachers should get pay rises of 6% or more.
But departments have been told they will have to slash their budgets in order to fund the increases after ministers refused to release more cash. The PM was accused of “taking a wrecking ball to public services”.
At a press conference begging unions to call off strikes, Mr Sunak said Government departments “have had to find savings elsewhere” – but schools would be excluded. He admitted that the cost of pay rises were “more than we’d budgeted”.
Moments earlier Tory John Glen, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, announced police would receive a 7% rise, while doctors would get 6% and a £1,250 bonus. Teachers will be given 6.5% and members of the armed forces will get 5% and a £1,000 bonus.