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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot and Rowena Mason

Unions privately voice misgivings over BMA pay demands and doctors’ strikes

Participants in a resident doctors' strike, some wearing hi-vis jackets, hold orange BMA umbrellas and placards
People at a resident doctors’ strike in Newcastle upon Tyne in December. Further strikes are due to begin on Tuesday. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Trade unions have privately expressed qualms about the forthcoming doctors’ strikes in England, expressing frustration at the conduct of the talks and the demands of the British Medical Association.

The BMA is pushing for a pay rise higher than the 3.5% offered to doctors by the government, with strikes planned in England next week.

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