Will the pay offer stop the strikes? asks the BBC's political editor Chris Mason
And so the priority has still to be decided. So, what won't be happening because of these pay rises that might otherwise have happened?
Officials haven't given many examples, even though the process of moving money around has been completed. Two of the examples offered are a freeze on civil servant recruitment in the Ministry of Defence and offering fewer traineeships in the civil service.It is striking that Keir Starmer did not directly criticise the government's announcement. They are offers for workers and unions to consider and he had little to add, he said.The leadership of the teaching unions have welcomed the settlement they have been offered.
So much so that Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union, put her name to a joint statement with the prime minister.But, as ever, it will be up to union members to decide whether they accept these suggestions.The doctors' union the BMA and Unite, a huge trade union, are both sounding very sceptical.
It is a reminder than in an era of high taxes, high government spending, high inflation and stagnant growth, there are few easy answers for any of us: workers, unions, opposition parties or the government.
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