内容摘要：Earlier in the day, Democrat senators held a press conference to denounce the event and to call for disclosure of who would be attending.

Earlier in the day, Democrat senators held a press conference to denounce the event and to call for disclosure of who would be attending.

The previous Conservative government had budgeted for a 2% cash increase in public sector pay in 2024-25.And last July,

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.The government

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.Qualifying, where players must win three matches to reach the main draw, began on Monday, 19 May.

There will be daily live text commentaries of the key matches from the French Open on the BBC Sport website and app.5 Live Sport has daily coverage and commentary live from Court Philippe-Chatrier across 5 Live Sport, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website.

Tennis correspondent Russell Fuller will be joined by Katie Smith, Abigail Johnson and David Law, with analysis from Annabel Croft, Greg Rusedski, Naomi Broady, Ryan Harrison, Daniela Hantuchova and others.Commentary of the day sessions will take place from 13:00 BST and 19:30 for the night sessions.