An increase in public sector workers pay will rise above the UK’s 2% inflation rate, thanks to Chancellor Philip Hammond. The deals will affect almost one million public sector workers:

Teachers will get a 2.75% salary boost, the equivalent to £1,000 extra a year, for those on an average salary.

Doctors working in hospitals will get an extra £1,500 in their pay packet, while police constables will earn an extra £978.

As well as Dentists, prison officers and the emergency services.

The pay rise will be backdated to the start of each department’s financial year.

Mr Hammond said “We are able to afford these pay rises because our balanced approach means we have reduced our debt while investing in public services, including pay,”

Signing off on the pay increases could be one of Mr Hammond’s final acts as chancellor. As it is already known to many that Mr Hammond told the BBC that he planned to had in his resignation on Wednesday if Boris Johnson wins the Tory leadership.