Approximately 1 million public sector workers in the UK are expected to receive their biggest pay hike since 2013, reports the Business Times. The public sector workers include teachers, prison officers, doctors, military personnel and dentists and their pay rises are believed to be between 1.5% and 3.5%. The government had first announced that it would lift a 1% pay cap for public sector workers last year. Public sector pay had been frozen for two years in 2010, except for those earning less than £21,000 a year, and since 2013, rises have been capped at 1% - below the rate of inflation.