Millions of teachers, nurses and more public sector workers get pay rise
Millions of teachers, NHS staff and other public sector workers have been told how much their pay will rise today.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has accepted recommendations from independent pay review bodies (PRBs) on how much wages should increase in 2025/26 financial year..
Most doctors and dentists have been handed 4% pay awards plus a consolidated sum of £750, while NHS staff on Agenda for Change contracts will see their pay go up by 3.6%.
Teachers will receive a 4% award, while school staff including teaching assistants, caterers, admin staff and caretakers have been offered 3.2%.
Senior military (two-star rank and above) will receive a 3.75% increase to base pay, while other members of the armed forces will see their wages rise by 4.5%. Top civil servants will get a pay boost of 3.25%.
The figure is higher than the 2.8% budgeted for by the Treasury - which was branded an 'insult' last year. Unions have warned that pay hikes must be fully-funded rather than paid for through stretched school and hospital budgets.
It comes after the Labour Government ended a wave of public sector strikes last summer by accepting recommendations to increase public sector pay by between 4.75% and 6% for 2024-25. Doctors, nurses and teachers had been among those taking part in mass walkouts during Rishi Sunak's premiership.
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