All junior doctors will get 20% pay rise in just 2 years, chancellor confirms in bid to end NHS strike chaos

JUNIOR doctors will rake in a whopping 20 per cent pay rise over the next two years, Rachel Reeves will confirm today.

In an astonishing bid to end 20 months of crippling strikes, the Treasury will spend billions hiking medic salaries.

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Junior doctors are set to rake in an eye-watering 20 per cent pay rise, Rachel Reeves confirmed todayCredit: Alamy

Meanwhile, troops, dentists, NHS consultants and teachers are expected to see pay packs rise by an inflation-busting 5.5 per cent.

NHS industrial action since December 2022 has led to 1.5 million operations, procedures and appointments being postponed.

Strikes have cost the health service an eye-watering £3bn.