Junior doctors in England to strike again in June after negotiations fail

Junior doctors in England will go out on strike for 72 hours from 14 June, after three weeks of talks with the government failed.The BMA has said the government tabled a final pay rise offer of 5%, which the union labelled “in no way credible.” It has said that if the government does not improve their offer, junior doctors will strike for a minimum of three days every month over the summer.In England, junior doctors have so far carried out two separate walkouts, totalling seven days of strike action. They are calling for “pay restoration” to reverse an estimated 26% real terms cut in pay since 2008-9. The BMA said this would require a 35.3% pay rise.The announcement comes after Scotland’s government offered junior doctors a 14.5% pay rise and committed to a new junior doctor pay bargaining review taskforce, which will develop a new review system to avoid future…
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