let s have a closer look at some of the recommendations. 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%. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! teachers protesting, education disrupted, classrooms empty. for months, pupils and parents in england have been caught up in an angry row between teaching unions and the government. but could a 6.5% pay rise, alongside this promise from the prime minister, bring an end to it? there will be more money going into the schools budget to help schools pay for these new pay awards. so they will not have to make cuts, and that was something that was rightly important to the unions and we have worked with them to ensure that the funding is there for schools. given the scale of disruption caused by industrial action this year, and notjust in schools, there is one question for trades unions tonight. will this mean the end of the
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
this was a final offer and further industrial action would not change that decision. the teaching unions immediately responded, by suspending their plans for further strikes. the announcement came asjunior doctors began five days of strikes what their union calls the longest stirke action in the nhs history. these are the pictures from one of the picket lines in central london. they re demanding a pay increase of over 30%. ministers have said that s unreasonable and risks fueling 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 in full. but we will not fund them by borrowing more or increasing your t
hello and welcome to bbc world news. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will arrive in the uk tomorrow for face to face talks with prime minister rishi sunak to discuss an imminent deal for trade in northern ireland. it all revolves around the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. the irish taoisoech, leo varadkar, said. earlier, the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, began to outline what might be in the deal including the right for politicians in northern ireland to have a say over any new eu rules that affect them. with more here s our political correspondent, iain watson. what better way to flag that an agreement with the eu is coming closer? the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen, will meet the prime minister tomorrow in london for the talks that could seal a deal. there is no deal done until the whole deal s done. but i think we ve made progress. and what s emerging is exactly what the deal could involve. post b
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