Doctors in England begin six-day strike after rejecting government’s pay and workforce deal

LONDON: Resident doctors in ​England on Tuesday started a six-day walkout after rejecting an offer the government said would not get better, with the British Medical Association saying it fell short of reversing years of pay erosion and staffing pressures. The strike action during the Easter holiday period is due to run until the morning of April 13 after a 48-hour ultimatum from Prime Minister Keir Starmer passed without ‌agreement. The government ‌has now withdrawn a pledge to ​fund ‌1,000 additional ⁠specialty ​training posts ⁠that it said had been contingent on the deal being accepted.

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