EDUCATION unions will ask their members to vote in favour of the government’s “final” pay offer after Prime Minister Rishi Sunk accepted recommendations from pay review bodies.

Mr Sunak challenged union leaders to call off planned strike action after offering public-sector workers pay rises of up to 7 per cent, including a 6.5 per cent increase for teachers in England.

Junior doctors, who began their longest walkout yet in England today, will receive 6 per cent rises, along with an additional consolidated £1,250 increase.