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'Claps don't pay the bills!': why junior doctors are striking over pay

Guardian, 12 Apr 2023
Junior doctors in England are staging a four-day strike outside hospitals over a pay dispute with the government.

The British Medical Association has called for a 35% pay rise to bring junior doctor salaries back to 2008-2009 levels and compensate for 15 years of below-inflation wage increases.

We spoke to junior doctors striking outside St Thomas Hospital in London to hear what brought them out to the picket line

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