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good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. millions of public sector workers will see their wages rise next year after the government decided to end the current pay freeze in england. it was introduced a year ago because of the pandemic, but in his budget tomorrow, the chancellor, rishi sunak, will announce he s lifting it. nurses, teachers, police and prison officers, and members of the armed forces will be among the five million workers whose pay will go up but how much depends on independent pay review bodies. pay offers for some staff in scotland, wales and northern ireland will be made separately. our political correspondent helen catt reports. the armed forces, prison officers, teachers and the police were among
the millions of people who had their pay frozen, last year. a difficult decision, said the chancellor, made because of the uncertain impact of coronavirus on the economy. now he says things are looking better and it s right that they see their wages rise. ., , ., , , rise. lope. in government by the next election. rise. lope. in government by the next election, by rise. lope. in government by the next election, by 2024 rise. lope. in government by the next election, by 2024 or - rise. lope. in government by the next election, by 2024 or so, - rise. lope. in government by the next election, by 2024 or so, as i next election, by 2024 or so, as well as giving the public sector that pay rise and ending the pay freeze, we also increasing the national living wage up by 6.6% up to £9 50 p. to make sure the lowest paid in society also get a pay rise. but the cost of everyday things like energy bills is going up, too. the ke thin energy bills is going up, too. the key thing is energy b