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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

Junior doctors union ‘takes first steps’ to securing new strike mandate

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced it will take the “first steps” towards securing a new ballot for industrial action – despite ongoing talks with the Government to resolve a pay dispute.

In a statement posted on Twitter on Tuesday night, the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee said the potential reballot would send the Government a “clear message” that they could not “run down the clock” until the union’s current mandate runs out.

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