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summer.rachel reeves made the comments while appearing on sunday with laura kuensberg in her first interview from number 11 downing street. with me to discuss this is the bbc s political correspondent tony bonsignore this is not just above inflation, it that could mean above inflation, it that could mean a number to spot nhs workers and teachers of so above inflation is we had been led to believe ed but it is not accept teachers and nhs workers the full 5.5% and if they do that will be implications because it is a treasury officials expected so it could be £3 billion extra to find which would have a knock on and tax the first there is a cost to industrial action and recruiting and retaining. mar industrial action and recruiting and retainina. ., ., ., , retaining. nor do it in a proper way and make sure the there have been years are below sure the there have been years are below inflation pay rises, loving standards for, a labour government is exactly standards for, a la
has hinted she will award public sector workers above inflation pay increases. it s understood independent pay review bodies have recommended rises of 5.5% for teachers and nhs workers. inflation is currently 2%. she s been speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg. let s listen in. so, chancellor, have you got used to being called that? well, actually, keir starmer used the word, he said the other day, and this afternoon, the chancellor. , and i thought, 0h, what s he done now? and then.and then i remembered it was me. so i am getting used to it. but, yes, i do have to pinch myself occasionally. last time i was on this programme was eight weeks ago and it was the first weekend of the election campaign, and i think you said to me in that interview, in a few weeks time, you might be chancellor , and that is exactly what i am. and i feel very proud and privileged to be in this position, especially as the first female chancellor of the exchequer that this country has ever ha
president zelensky of ukraine, europe s wartime leader. he s been in the uk for a meeting of the european political community, an informal club of 40 plus countries that came together after russia s full scale invasion of ukraine in 2022. he also visited downing street and addressed a special meeting of the cabinet. and on your behalf, i had the opportunity to meet him, and here is our conversation. mr president, thank you for talking to bbc news. could you possibly have imagined when russia mounted its full scale invasion two and a half years ago that here we would be, with war still going on? translation: to be honest, no-one predicted as far backl as in 2014 that the occupation of the crimea and the occupation of a part of our donbas would happen. later, there was a frozen conflict minsk agreements. after that, for sure, nobody expected a full scale invasion, a full scale invasion with people killed, mass tortures, mass burials, executions and a large number of hostages,
the remark came after independent pay review bodies recommended an increase of 5.5% for teachers and some nhs workers. the rate of inflation is currently 2 %. ms reeves told sunday with laura kuenssberg, she would announce her decision on public pay by the end of this month. bbc political correspondent tony bonsignore told me earlier exactly what this pay rise could mean for public sector workers. inflation is at 2%. the recommendation we understand from the independent pay review bodies this is for nhs workers and teachers is 5.5%. so above inflation is quite a wide range here. we are sort of being led to believe that it will be it will be above inflation, but it s not clear whether they will actually accept the full recommendation. give teachers and nhs workers the full five, 5.5%. and of course, if they do, there will be implications because that s a higher number than treasury officials were expecting. so it could be in the region of £3 billion extra. they ve got to fi