Sunak agrees to public sector pay rises of at least 6% without raising budgets

Police, junior doctors and teachers in England to get more money and minister says frontline services will be protected

Millions of public sector workers will be given a pay rise of at least 6%, but government departments have been told to fund the rise from within existing budgets.

Police officers, junior doctors and teachers in England are among those who would benefit after Rishi Sunak accepted all the recommendations of the independent pay review bodies.