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‘The doctors and their Marxist union’

The Tories have thrown down the gauntlet to the trade union movement by imposing a dangerous new contract on junior doctors. If health secretary Jeremy Hunt gets away with crushing the British Medical Association (BMA), it will give confidence to every union-bashing boss.

Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt is set to announce that he will impose a dangerous new contract on junior doctors.

A junior doctors’ strike has challenged Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plans to push through more attacks on the NHS today, Wednesday. This was the second 24-hour strike by junior doctors in the British Medical Association (BMA).

Junior doctors across England walked out for the second time in defence of the NHS, today, Wednesday. 

Junior doctors are on strike today across England against Tory plans to bring in new contracts. The contracts would tear up workers' terms and conditions, and put patient safety at risk.

Junior doctors in the British Medical Association (BMA) were set to strike on Wednesday of this week against health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plans for dangerous new contracts.

Over 2,000 junior doctors and their supporters marched through central London today, Saturday.

Thousands of junior doctors and supporters were set to march through central London on Saturday and Bristol on Sunday.

Junior doctors are set to strike across England on Wednesday 10 February. 

Junior doctors’ leaders have called off a strike that was set to begin on Tuesday of next week.

Junior doctors held picket lines at hospitals across England today, Tuesday, on strike against attacks on their contracts and in defence of the NHS.