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Junior doctors' strike – key facts as NHS faces 'unprecedented' industrial action
Junior doctors in England walked out on Wednesday, as they started six days of strike action – the longest strike in NHS history. Here are the key facts as the NHS faces the "unprecedented" industrial action.
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Sir Ed Davey says Government is 'asleep at the wheel' as junior doctors strike in England
The leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey said the Government was "asleep at the wheel" as junior doctors started a six-day strike on Wednesday – the longest in the history of the NHS.
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NHS facing difficult start to the year as six-day strike looms, boss warns
The NHS may have to deal with “one of the most difficult starts to the year” it has ever faced, a medical leader has warned.
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Travel chaos continues at St Pancras
Passengers at St Pancras International station, London, as Christmas getaway chaos is expected to continue as the backlog from the suspension of cross-Channel rail services begins to clear and the weather remains unsettled.
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Queues continue to grow at St Pancras as Christmas getaway disruption continues
Passengers at St Pancras International station, London, as Christmas getaway chaos is expected to continue as the backlog from the suspension of cross-Channel rail services begins to clear and the weather remains unsettled.
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Christmas travel disruption as motorways close and rail travellers face delays
Christmas getaway disruption is continuing with long queues for cross-Channel journeys, motorway closures and train cancellations.
The Port of Dover in Kent said it is taking about 90 minutes to process cars with pre-booked tickets.
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Politics daily briefing: December 21
All the latest political developments, as the junior doctors’ strike enters a second day.
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Junior doctors strike in Nottingham
Junior doctors attend a picket line outside Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham as three days of major industrial action begin. Interviews with surgical trainee Tal Ellenbogen and Melissa Ryan, paediatric trainee.
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NHS braces for junior doctors' strike
The NHS is bracing for a difficult few days as almost half of the medical workforce in England are set to go on strike during one of the busiest periods of the year.
Junior doctors are to take to picket lines from 7am on December 20 to...
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Archive footage of junior doctors as fresh strikes begin
Archive footage as junior doctors are to take to picket lines from 7am on December 20 to 7am on December 23 in a major escalation in the bitter dispute over pay.
Footage in order:
Footage of the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital...
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Interviews with junior doctors on picket line amid fresh strikes
Interviews with Dr Sumi Manirajan, deputy co-chairwoman of the BMA’s junior doctors’ committee, and Dr Rob Laurenson, BMA junior doctor committee co-chair, as junior doctors in England have gone out on strike.
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Strikes have come ‘at the worst possible time’ – NHS chiefs
Patients have been warned there will be “significant disruption” to NHS services as junior doctors in England stage a strike at one of the busiest periods of the year.
Doctors in training – who make up around half of the medical...
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UK strikes – who will be walking out over the next month?
The UK continues to face a barrage of industrial action by key workers in a series of pay disputes. Here are the details of strikes taking place over the next few weeks.
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It’s time for PM to stand down and call a general election - Paul Nowak
Unions have set themselves on a collision course with the Government after vowing to resist a controversial new law to provide minimum levels of service during strikes.
A special TUC conference on Saturday attended by leaders of the...
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Paul Nowak address at TUC Congress in London - full speech
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak addresses the Government’s controversial new law to provide minimum levels of service during strikes, at a special conference attended by leaders of the country’s biggest trade unions.
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Strikes Act 2023 is 'unfit to be on statute book' - Paul Nowak
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak addresses the Government’s controversial new law to provide minimum levels of service during strikes, at a special conference attended by leaders of the country’s biggest trade unions.
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UK strikes – who will be walking out over the next month?
The UK continues to face a barrage of industrial action by key workers in a series of pay disputes. Here are the details of strikes taking place over the next few weeks.
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UK strikes – who will be walking out this week?
Strikes by train drivers will continue on Tuesday, causing more travel chaos in parts of England. Members of the train drivers’ union Aslef at c2c and Greater Anglia will walk out, followed by strikes in the coming days at other train...
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Aslef train drivers overwhelmingly back continuing strikes for next six months
Train drivers have voted overwhelmingly to continue taking strike action for the next six months in their long-running dispute over pay.
Members of Aslef backed more industrial action after being reballoted, well over a year since the...
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Amazon workers walk out on Black Friday in long-running pay dispute
Amazon workers walked out on strike on Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, in a long-running dispute over pay.
Members of the GMB union at the online giant’s site in Coventry mounted an early morning picket line...
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Staff strikes close Scottish schools as union warns against imposing pay offer
Interview with Mark Ferguson, chairman of Unison Scotland's local government committee, and footage of Unison members on the picket line outside Castlehead High School in Paisley, Renfrewshire.
Bloomberg
Top China EV Maker BYD Confirms Record Quarterly Profit
BYD Co. has posted a record quarterly profit. Net income of China's biggest electric car maker grew 82% from the same time last year to 10.4 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) in the three months through September. That's in-line with the...
Bloomberg
GM Reaches Tentative Deal With UAW to End 6-Week Strike
General Motors Co. has reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers union, bringing an end to a six-week-old strike that had upended US automobile production. The terms must still be approved by GM's 46,000 union members,...
Bloomberg
JPMorgan's Hui: I Think the Fed Really Ought to Stay Put
"I do think the Fed really ought to stay put." Tai Hui, chief market strategist for Asia Pacific at JPMorgan Asset Management, discusses his investment strategy amid the conflict in the Middle East, its impact on oil markets and Federal...