内容摘要：More than 164,000 homeless children are currently living in temporary accommodation across England, the highest number on record, figures show.

More than 164,000 homeless children are currently living in temporary accommodation across England, the highest number on record, figures show.

Overall UK public sector pay in 2023-24 was £272bn,The previous Conservative government had budgeted for a 2% cash increase in public sector pay in 2024-25.

of meeting the full 2024-25 pay recommendations would be an additional £9.4bn.That implies that total public sector pay in 2024-25 will have been roughly £287bn, which is around a fifth of total government spending.So, if the total bill across the public sector for 2025-26 went up by another 3% - rather than 2.8% - that would imply the government needing to find about an extra £550m.

But if it went up by 4% it would imply the need to find around an extra £3.5bn.that it would seek to fund any pay rises above what departments have budgeted for not by raising taxes or more borrowing but by "productivity improvements".

In other words, departments would have to accommodate the additional pay rise by making cuts elsewhere in their budgets.

The government has reiterated this, with, Healey said there was "no doubt" the UK would meet its target.

"It allows us to plan for the long term. It allows us to deal with the pressures," he said.The review comes as other government departments are still negotiating how much they will have to spend over the next three years.

The BBC understands the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, has not yet reached an agreement with the Treasury over how much she will have allocated for areas such as building social and affordable homes, and for local councils.The Home Office, which is responsible for areas including policing and border control, is still in the early stages of negotiations over how much money it will be allocated.