Starmer Gives Doctors 48 Hours to Halt Strike or Lose Offer
PM warns British Medical Association to abandon planned NHS strike or forfeit thousands of training posts and 7.1% pay rise offer
In a high-stakes move, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has issued an ultimatum to the British Medical Association (BMA), the doctors' union, demanding they call off a planned six-day strike or risk losing a lucrative offer that includes thousands of additional NHS training posts and a 7.1% pay rise.
The prime minister has given the BMA just 48 hours to ditch its plans for industrial action, warning that if the union does not comply, the government will pull the current offer from the table. Starmer has described the union's decision to reject the offer without putting it to a vote of its members as
Source: The Guardian
