Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. Schools in england are being promised billions more in spending over the next three years, in an announcement from borisjohnson. Rising to nearly £5 billion the following year, and reaching just over £7 billion by 2022 23. It is unclear where the money is coming from, but with the Spending Reviewed you next week, it is another indication that an early election may be on the cards. 0ur Political Correspondent, alex forsyth, reports. The Prime Minister hosted a press Conference Today with a younger crowd than usual. Convenient, then, that number 10 had this news ready for a group of school aged journalists. We are putting a lot more money into schools, you will be pleased to know. Pleased, yes, but there was some scepticism. Where is this money going to come from . Are you going to have to cut money from other things . No, were not cutting money from other things. But for years, ministers have been Holding Tight to the countrys purse strings, despite
Working and its delivering for them, and i think can see them, and i think we can see that on inflation and on that it is on inflation and on taxes. Weve also then got to show them that the labour party doesnt have plan and will be doesnt have a plan and will be a big risk. For example, we know the party wants to spend the labour party wants to spend £28 billion green plan. £28 billion on their green plan. Theyve hidden the price tag now, but they dont know how to pay now, but they dont know how to pay for it. That would mean taxes going up. But shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth told gb news the governments priorities are all wrong. Rishi sunak hes not acting in the national interest. Its reckless, its irresponsible, he should name the day of a general election and stabilise matters. Election and stabilise matters. At the moment, hes more preoccupied with his own leadership and saving his own skin than governing in the national interest. And i think after 14 years, this is a
from the pay review bodies in full but it came with a warning from the prime minister, rishi sunak, that this was a final offer and further industrial action would not change that decision. the teaching unions responded immediately, saying they would recommend their members accept the offer. and end strike action. the announcement came as junior doctors began five days of strikes, what their union calls, the longest stirke action in the history of the nhs. they re demanding a pay increase of 35%. ministers have said, that s unreasonable and risks fuelling inflation. we ll have more on that in a minute. let s have a quick look, though, at the recommendations, which affect millions of workers. police officers have been offered 7%. consultants, dentists and gps, 6%. junior doctors, 6%. prison officers, 7%. the armed forces, 5%. teachers 6.5%. this was rishi sunak a little earlier. i can confirm today that we are accepting the headline recommendations of the pay review bodies
increases of between 5 and 7%. that comes after the government accepted recommendations from independent pay review bodies. prime minister rishi sunak said that after months of public sector strikes this was a final offer. further industrial action, he said, would not change that decision. all four teaching unions in england have recommended their members accept their offer and call off strikes. the announcement came as junior doctors began five days of strikes, what their union calls the longest strike action in the history of the nhs. they re demanding a pay increase, of 35%. ministers have said, that s unreasonable . we ll have more on that in a minute. let s have a quick look, though, at the recommendations in a little more detail. police officers have been offered 7%. consultants, dentists and gp s 6%. junior doctors 6%. prison officers 7%. the armed forces 5%. teachers 6.5%. those other rounds of office from the review bodies. those are the rounds. this wa