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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Matt Watts and Nicholas Cecil

Teachers’ unions back calling off strikes after 6.5 per cent pay offer

Millions of UK public sector workers, including teachers and doctors, will get pay rises of 6% or more after Rishi Sunak decided to accept the recommendations of independent pay review bodies.

The bodies had suggested pay rises of between five per cent and 6.5 per cent for 2023-24, at a potential cost of £5bn.

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