jones report and we will hear from stewart hosie and kevinjones from the labour party.rief resume and then we will be into a brief resume and then we will be intoa q brief resume and then we will be into a q and a about the report. thank you very much, stay with us on bbc news if you want to find out what is in the russia report. nearly a million public sector workers in the uk will get an above—inflation pay rise, after the chancellor said he recognised their "vital contributions" during the coronavirus pandemic. the treasury said the pay increases will come out of existing departmental budgets and will go to doctors, dentists, police officers and teachers. nurses negotiated a separate pay deal in 2018. this comes as the latest figures show government borrowing increased to £35.5 billion injune, five times higher than last year, but lower than the previous two months. the figure for borrowing for the three months tojune is now nearly £128 billion — reflecting the effects of lockdown more on that in a moment, but first this report by our correspondent andy moore. after

stewart hosie. confirmed to mps that she was dropped from a number ten press briefing following the revelation that the prime minister's chief adviser, dominic cummings, had travelled to durham during the lockdown. ruth may was giving evidence before the public accounts committee and was questioned about why she had not appeared at the downing street briefing after a newspaper report said it had been because she felt unable to defend the actions of mr cummings. there were reports that you were dropped from a briefing on the 1st ofjune. is that report correct? thank you very much, chair. and thank you very much for holding this today. it is indeed true that i was dropped from a briefing, but that happens to many of my colleagues as well, and that is a regular occurrence. what i have to say is that i was also asked to attend another briefing later in june, but i got stuck in traffic for that one. was there any particular reason that you were dropped? were you preparing for that briefing before you wer