Junior doctors in England announce five-day strike over pay demand

Junior doctors in England will go on strike from July 25-30, their trade union said on Wednesday, after the British government said it could not meet their demands for an improved pay deal this year.
“Without a credible offer to keep us on the path to restore our pay, we have no choice but to call strikes,” the co-chairs of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) resident doctors committee said in a statement.
Junior doctors, also known as resident doctors, are taking industrial action after being offered an average 5.4% pay rise by the government, far below the 29% they say is necessary to address years of salary erosion in real terms.
The doctors had accepted a 22% pay rise last year covering 2023-2025, which ended months of previous strikes.