Meanwhile, Gujjar found himself on the run,

The government ended a wave of public sector strikes last summer when it accepted, in full, the recommendations of independent public sector pay review bodies to increase the pay of teachers, nurses and others.But ministers might be facing another headache over pay and the possibility of a fresh threat of strikes from some unions.

BBC Verify examines why this pressure over public sector pay and industrial action has re-emerged.In July 2024, the new Labour governmentto increase public sector pay by between 4.75% and 6% for the 2024-25 financial year.

There is a new round of recommendations from these bodies every year and they traditionally deliver in the summer.In September 2024, the government decided to speed up the process by asking for their recommendations by the spring for how much public sector pay should rise in each sector in the 2025-26 financial year.

These have not been made public yet, but reports suggest the recommendations are for more than the health and education departments have budgeted for this financial year.

, the health and education departments said they could only afford to increase their pay billsAt Elmbrook Court care home in Wantage, Oxfordshire, they are using AI to find out if residents are in pain.

Aislinn Mullee, deputy manager at the home, said: "It can be quite difficult to identify pain in a resident that is non-verbal."Using a smartphone app called Painchek, carers scan a resident's face for pain indicators, answer questions about the resident and then receive an instant percentage score which indicates the level of pain that person is feeling.

Ms Mullee said it has made a "huge difference" and they have used the information in collaboration with local GPs to assess which pain medication a resident requires.She added it has also been used to reassure family members that a loved one receiving end-of-life care was not in pain.